Ketchikan Selected As Site for Ucore’s 1st U.S. Strategic Metals Complex
By MARY KAUFFMAN
February 01, 2018
Thursday PM
(SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska – Ucore Rare Metals, Inc. announced Tuesday their site selection program has identified Ketchikan as the premier location for construction of Ucore’s first U.S. Strategic Metals Complex.
The site analysis was conducted by Mike Schrider, P.E., V.P. Operations and Engineering of Ucore. According to Ucore, consideration was given to multiple domestic locations, including sites in South Eastern, South Central and the Western United States. In addition to the fundamental decision to initiate a rare earth element (REE) Strategic Metals Complex (SMC), selection criteria included logistical considerations such as the…… Read more >> http://www.sitnews.us/0218News/020118/020118_ucore_ketchkan.html
More: “Hosting a deep-sea port on the Pacific Rim and situated roughly 60 miles from a rail-head that connects the project to all of North America, Ketchikan has a number of advantages for a metals separation facility that is looking to produce high purity rare earths from REE-bearing feedstock sourced from around the globe.” Read more >> https://www.miningnewsnorth.com/story/2018/02/01/news/ketchikan-to-be-home-of-rare-earth-plant/5034.html
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