This post was originally published on this site. Westwin Elements announced Monday plans to invest $502 million over five years to establish a commercial-scale Class 1 nickel refinery at the Belwood Industrial Site in Natchez, Mississippi in a step toward building America’s domestic critical mineral refining capacity. The Natchez facility will build on experience at Westwin’s 20-tonne-per-year demonstration plant in Lawton, Oklahoma, which has completed multiple production campaigns of on-spec Class 1 nickel powder using nickel carbonyl refining technology, the company said. Westwin has completed a Bankable Feasibility Study for the Natchez site and secured a long-term lease for the Belwood...
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