NioCorp Launches Phased Approach to Commercial Production NioCorp Partnering with Nanoscale Powders LLC to Explore the Possibility of Establishing the First US-Based Mine-to-Master-Alloy Vertically Integrated Production of the High-Performance Material
NioCorp's Potential Commercial Production of Al-Sc Master Alloy Could Launch Prior to the Company's Planned Production of >100 Tonnes/Year of Scandium Oxide at its Proposed Elk Creek Critical Minerals Project in Nebraska and Would Use Scandium Produced at the Elk Creek Facility as well as From Other Sources
China Now Dominates the Scandium World, but North America is Now Positioned to Emerge as a "Leading Scandium Producer," says NioCorp CEO
CENTENNIAL, CO / ACCESSWIRE / May 29, 2023 / NioCorp Developments Ltd. ("NioCorp" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:NB)(TSX:NB) today announced its intent to launch a phased approach to commercial-scale production of aluminum-scandium ("Al-Sc") master alloy in the US for commercial and defense applications. Coupled with the Company's intended plans to produce more than 100 tonnes per year of scandium oxide from its proposed Elk Creek Critical Minerals Project (the "Elk Creek Project") in southeast Nebraska, and depending upon the results of the Al-Sc master alloy initiative, receipt of necessary funding and other factors, the initiative could establish the US as a leading producer of scandium, according to NioCorp CEO and Executive Chairman Mark A Smith.
NioCorp Launches Phased Approach to Commercial Production of Made-in-America Aluminum-Scandium Master Alloy (accesswire.com)