The Western world is waking up to the fact that critical minerals are essential to maintaining a leadership position in technology and national security. With rising global geopolitical tensions North America is exposed, in particular concerning China’s dominance of rare earth element (REE) production from mining to refining.

“Ucore Rare Metals Inc. has been focused on best-in-class REE separation as it builds a bridge between mines that are under development and the downstream permanent magnets that enable wind energy, semiconductors and national defense. Our Kingston, ON demo plant which has operated thousands of hours processing well over 4 tonnes of mixed rare earth elements using our RapidSX technology, gives us the competitive advantage the Western world needs. Our complete flow sheets for the Louisiana commercial plant are scalable and modular in nature ensuring a successful copy and paste transition as we strategically enter the market.”