Saltend Chemicals Park rare-earth oxide separation facility, UK – update
Name of the Project
Saltend Chemicals Park rare-earth oxide separation facility.
Location
Saltend Chemicals Park, in Humber, Yorkshire, in England, in the UK.
Project Owner/s
Pensana Rare Earths.
Project Description
The Saltend Chemicals Park is a cluster of world-class chemicals and renewable-energy businesses, including bp Chemicals, Ineos, Nippon Gohsei and Air Products. It will be the first major rare earths separation facility to be built in more than a decade and the first to be located in a Freeport.
The project involves the development of the world’s first sustainable rare earth separation facility, with a target production of about 12 500 t/y of rare-earth oxides, including 4 500 t of magnet metal rare-earth oxides, which would represent about 5% of 2025 projected world demand.
Potential Job Creation
The project is expected to create 100 direct jobs once it is built and in operation.
Capital Expenditure
$125-million.
Planned Start/End Date
Not stated.
Latest Developments
Pensana Rare Earths has advised that geotech drilling and trenching work has started at the Saltend rare-earth oxide separation facility.
The trenching activity for the foundation of the processing hub is being done ahead of the main construction, which will start later in the year.
The drilling marks the start of building the world’s first sustainable rare earths separation facility.
Key Contracts, Suppliers and Consultants
Wood Group (front-end engineering design) and pxGroup (construction).
Contact Details for Project Information
Pensana Rare Earths, email contact@pensana.co.uk.
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