March 05, 2018
Monday PM
(SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska – Ucore Rare Metals announced today the company has set a 2020 production start date for the recently announced U.S. Strategic Metals Complex to be located in Ketchikan. The Strategic Metals Complex (SMC) will be a rare earth elements separation plant. Ucoreโs transition to production will be led by Mike Schrider, Chief Operating Officer and Randy MacGillivray, VP Project Development in conjunction with the engineering efforts of IBC Advanced Technologies, Inc, other specialty firms, and local Alaska based consultants. The Bokan Dotson-Ridge Rare Earth Project is located on Prince of Wales Island.
Ucore is currently entering its second phase of Alaska SMC due diligence, including: (1) specific site selection within the Ketchikan Gateway Borough, (2) design engineering, (3) construction costing (CAPEX), (4) finalization of input feedstocks from the short-list of competing alternatives, (5) operational costing (OPEX), and will reveal additional schedule highlights once confirmed…. Read more >ย http://www.sitnews.us/0318News/030518/030518_ketchikan_smc.html