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Louisiana Commercial Rare Earth Refining Complex

Sector: Aerospace & Defense • Location: Alexandria, Louisiana, United States

Source: Newsfile

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Under Construction

Construction of the first commercial scale RapidSXTM machine at Ucore's proposed Louisiana rare earth refining facility, focused on heavy rare earth elements (HREEs). The project includes detailed design and engineering of commercial-scale RapidSX™ columns at the Commercialization and Demonstration Facility in Kingston, Ontario, and facility engineering field work for the SMC in Alexandria, Louisi

Status
Under Construction
Sector
Aerospace & Defense, Commercial, Government
Location
Alexandria, Louisiana, United States of America
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
Newsfile

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The project “Louisiana Commercial Rare Earth Refining Complex” is an infrastructure initiative in the Aerospace & Defense sector, located in Alexandria, Louisiana, United States. Taiyo aggregates data on it from Newsfile.

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Under Construction

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2026-07-22

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Construction of the first commercial scale RapidSXTM machine at Ucore's proposed Louisiana rare earth refining facility, focused on heavy rare earth elements (HREEs). The project includes detailed design and engineering of commercial-scale RapidSX™ columns at the Commercialization and Demonstration Facility in Kingston, Ontario, and facility engineering field work for the SMC in Alexandria, Louisiana. The work will culminate with the construction, commissioning, demonstration, and achieving 'Early Production' readiness of salable individual rare-earth element products.

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Mining and Metals

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Country

United States of America (USA)

State

Louisiana

City

Alexandria

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Aerospace & Defense, Commercial, Government

Article published date

2025-09-15

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