Supra Elemental Recovery has joined the U.S. Department of War’s Defense Industrial Base Consortium (DIBC), a move that aligns the company more closely with national efforts to strengthen domestic critical minerals processing and supply chain resilience.
The Defense Industrial Base Consortium brings together companies, research organizations, and industrial partners focused on advancing secure and scalable technologies that support the U.S. defense ecosystem. Supra said its participation will allow the company to collaborate with consortium members on research initiatives, industrial best practices, and supply chain development tied to critical materials infrastructure.
The development follows Supra’s recent strategic investment from mining major Rio Tinto and reflects growing momentum around domestic sourcing and processing capabilities for minerals considered essential to defense, energy, and advanced manufacturing sectors.
Critical minerals have become an increasingly important policy focus in the United States as governments and industry seek to reduce dependence on foreign-controlled supply chains for materials used in batteries, semiconductors, aerospace systems, and defense technologies.
Katie Durham, co-founder and CEO of Supra, said domestic critical minerals processing is emerging as a national security priority and described the consortium as an opportunity to contribute to broader supply chain resilience initiatives.
Jordan Sessler, co-founder and COO, said the U.S. market requires scalable and modular processing technologies capable of unlocking mineral supply from both conventional and underutilized resources.
Supra is developing a proprietary platform focused on recovering and processing critical minerals within the United States.
