RE:RE:RE:New Press Release - Canada Nickel Company Publishes First Environmental Social and Governance ReportWhat's CNC's refinery plan. Who is the refinery and how will you transport materials. By rail? Who is paying for that?
https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/09/americas-only-cobalt-and-nickel-refinery-breaks-ground/
Lawton, Okla. — Over 100 investors, government officials, and industry executives gathered this past month to celebrate the
groundbreaking of Westwin Elements’ pilot plant. The plant will become the only cobalt and nickel refinery in the country when operations begin next year.
New Technologies Pose Challenges - context I'm posting this Over the next decade, Westwin itself will look to rapidly scale up its refining operations, targeting 64,000 tons of nickel and 20,000 tons of cobalt per year in 2030. First, though, they’ll have to prove that their technology works. Westwin has decided to use a refining method known as the carbonyl process. The process is quite rare — only a few companies in the world use it — meaning that the company has had to bring in much of its technical leadership from abroad.
But as it expands, it will likely have to contend with a host of prohibitive environmental laws. The lack of similar facilities in the United States will mean that regulatory agencies may have to develop new rules for the Westwin project; one can expect that this will extend the development timeline even further.