About Us
Our Company
U.S. Vanadium is a privately owned, US-based specialty chemical producer that manufactures the world’s highest-purity vanadium oxide, a strategic material that commands a price premium and has few substitutes. We also produce ultra-high-purity vanadium redox flow battery electrolyte and many other specialty vanadium chemical products.
We are the only integrated producer of high-purity vanadium specialty chemicals in the US.
The Company operates facilities in Hot Springs and Benton, Arkansas.
- We are a global leader in high-purity V2O5 and ultra-high-purity Vanadium Redox Flow Battery electrolyte.
- USV’s Vanadium Redox Flow Battery electrolyte can meet the current specifications for all major VRFB system manufacturers.
- USV has secured sufficient feedstock to fuel a ramp-up to full production capacity.
- US Government strongly supporting domestic buildout of grid-level Vanadium Redox Flow Battery infrastructure.
- We have many Fortune 500 customers.
- We are led by a highly experienced leadership team
OUR FACILITIES
We operate two facilities in the State of Arkansas — Hot Springs and Benton — where our highly experienced chemists, operators, and quality control experts produce some of the world’s finest vanadium chemical products.
Hot Springs, Arkansas
- Been in operation for more than 50 years
- Produces ultra-high-purity Vanadium Redox Flow Battery electrolyte, high-purity, aerospace-grade V2O5 and V2O3, and other specialty vanadium chemicals
- ISO 9001 2015 certified
- Onsite laboratory / technical center
- Total facility acreage: 912
- All environmental and operating permits in place
- 54 employees
Benton, Arkansas
- Vanadium feedstock roasting facility
- 150,000 tonnes of annual processing capacity
- Total facility acreage: 37
- ISO 9001 Certified
- 22 employees
OUR PRODUCTS
We produce a wide range of vanadium oxides, vanadium-based chemicals and alloys used in the global chemical, catalyst, and titanium alloy industries, and a large variety of specialty vanadium-based chemicals.
OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mark Smith serves as Chairman of the Board of US Vanadium and was a significant early investor in the Company. The former President and CEO of vanadium-producer Largo Resources Ltd., Mr. Smith has nearly 40 years of experience in the mining and mineral processing industries.
John Hadfield is the CFO of TechMet Limited, a private investment company committed to building an ethical supply chain of critical minerals to meet the exponential demand growth from the energy transition, AI, and robotics. John has over 20 years of financial leadership in the resources sector. He was formally CFO of KAZ Minerals PLC, a FTSE 250 high growth copper company and had an extensive career with BG Group PLC, a FTSE 100 integrated gas major, where he led finance teams in the UK, Egypt and Australia.
Mr. Castle is CEO of US Vanadium. With a background in engineering, Mr. Castle has over 30 years’ experience across company leadership, project/operational delivery and transformation, technical planning and implementation, fund management, business development and governance roles.
Mr. Weiss has over 30 years of experience in the mining, trading, and chemical sectors as an owner and management executive. He joined Prince International Corporation, a global specialty minerals and chemicals manufacturer, in 2004 and served as its Executive Vice President until 2020.
Mr. Perles has more than 30 years of experience in the vanadium industry in roles including sales, marketing, strategic planning and senior management. Mr. Perles joined US Steel Corporation in 1980 as a Construction Management Engineer and held assignments at the company’s steel mills in Homestead and Clairton, Pennsylvania.
Daniel Katz has over 30 years’ experience in the metals business, starting in 1991 when he joined the traffic department of Considar Inc. (which became Traxys in 2003 after its merger with Sogem). After a few short years, he shifted to trading, where he became involved in trading vanadium products geared towards the steel industry. Since 1997, has had overall responsibility for the noble alloys and rare earths trading divisions and is currently Senior Vice President – Noble Alloys and Rare Earths at Traxys North America LLC. Mr. Katz received his BA in history from Yeshiva University in 1990.
MANAGEMENT TEAM
Darryll Castle
Chief Executive Officer
Christian James
General Manager
Mark Murchison
Chief Financial Officer
Jared Cooley
Senior Manager of Finance & Administration
Ryan Dossey
Director of Operations
Alicia Enslin
Director of Technology
Corne Enslin
Project Manager
Shane Weatherford
Director of Non-Process Services
