I-USA Ihlose Umhlaba Ongavamile Ngo-2024 Ukwethulwa Kokukhiqizwa Kwezibuthe e-Oklahoma
I-USA Rare Earth ihlela ukuqala ukukhiqizwa kukazibuthe we-neodymium ngonyaka ozayo embonini yayo e-Stillwater, e-Oklahoma futhi izohlinzeka ngemfuyo eyivelakancane embiwa endaweni yayo yase-Round Rock eTexas ngasekupheleni kuka-2025 noma ekuqaleni kuka-2026, kubika i-CEO u-Tom Schneberger kwaMagnetics. Umagazini.
“Esikhungweni sethu se-Stillwater, e-Oklahoma, okwamanje sakha kabusha izimpahla ezivele zikhiqize omagnethi bomhlaba abayivelakancane e-US. Ulayini wethu wokuqala wokukhiqiza uzibuthe uzokhiqiza omazibuthe ngo-2024,” kusho u-Schneberger, ekhuluma ngemishini yokukhiqiza kazibuthe eyathengwa yinkampani yakhe ngo-2020 kwaHitachi Metals America eNyakatho ne-Carolina futhi manje isiyibuyisela kabusha. Inhloso yokuqala yokukhiqiza cishe amathani ayi-1,200 ngonyaka.
“Sizosebenzisa irempu yethu yokukhiqiza, ngonyaka ka-2024, ukuze sifanelekele omazibuthe esiwakhiqiza kumakhasimende agcine umthamo walowo mugqa wokuqala wokukhiqiza. Phakathi nezingxoxo zethu zamakhasimende zakuqala, sesiyabona ukuthi amakhasimende azosidinga ukuthi sengeze imigqa yokukhiqiza elandelayo ukuze sinyuse indawo yethu ye-Stillwater ibe umthamo wayo ongu-4,800 MT/unyaka ngokushesha okukhulu.”
"Sijabule kakhulu ngediphozithi eyindilinga etholakala eSierra Blanca, eTexas," kusho uSchneberger ephendula isicelo esivela kuMagnetic Magazines sokubuyekeza isimo sayo. “Idiphozithi enkulu, eyingqayizivele futhi enezimpawu ezinhle equkethe zonke izakhi ezibalulekile zomhlaba eziyivelakancane ezisetshenziswa kozibuthe. Sisesigabeni sobunjiniyela sale phrojekthi futhi kuze kube manje sisendleleni yokuqalisa ngasekupheleni kuka-2025 noma ekuqaleni kuka-2026 ngaleso sikhathi lapho izohlinzeka khona ngokukhiqiza kwethu kazibuthe. Okwamanje, waphawula, ukukhiqizwa kwethu kukazibuthe kuzohlinzekwa ngezinto esizithenga kubahlinzeki abaningi abangaphandle kweChina.” Le ndawo iseningizimu-ntshonalanga ye-El Paso eduze komngcele neMexico.
I-USA Rare Earth inenzalo engu-80% ku-Round Top deposit yomhlaba osindayo ongavamile, i-lithium namanye amaminerali abalulekile ediphozithi etholakala e-Hudspeth County, eNtshonalanga Texas. Yathenga isiteki ku-Texas Mineral Resources Corp. ngo-2021, ngawo lowo nyaka yanyusa amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-50 emzuliswaneni woxhaso we-Series C.
Ngokuthuthuka kwesikhungo sokucubungula kanye nobunikazi bohlelo lokukhiqiza oluyingozi, olune-neo-magnet, i-USARE isilungele ukuba ngumhlinzeki wasekhaya ohamba phambili wezimpahla zokusetshenziswa ezibalulekile kanye nozibuthe ababhebhezela uguquko lobuchwepheshe obuluhlaza. Le nkampani ithe ihlela ukutshala imali engaphezu kwezigidi ezingama- $ 100 ekuthuthukiseni indawo yokukhiqiza futhi izoba sesimeni sokusebenzisa izakhiwo zayo kanye nobuchwepheshe ukuguqula ama-oxides ayivelakancane abe yizinsimbi, odonsa nezinye izinto ezikhethekile. Ihlela ukukhiqiza izimpushana zomhlaba ezingavamile ezihlukanisiwe ezinobumsulwa obuphakeme ku-Round Top ukuze kuhlinzekwe isitshalo se-Stillwater. I-Round Top nayo kulindeleke ukuthi ikhiqize amathani ayi-10,000 e-lithium ngonyaka ngamabhethri ezimoto zikagesi.
Kwesinye isigameko, ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka inkampani yaqoka owayenguNobhala Wezwe laseMelika uMike Pompeo njengomeluleki wamasu. “Ngiyajabula ukujoyina ithimba lase-USA Rare Earth njengoba sakha iketango elididiyelwe ngokugcwele, elisekelwe e-US lezinto ezingavamile zomhlaba kanye nozibuthe baphakade. Ukunikezwa kwe-USA Rare Earth kubaluleke kakhulu ukunciphisa ukuncika kwamanye amazwe ngenkathi kwakhiwa imisebenzi eyengeziwe yaseMelika,” kuphawula uPompeo. Ngaphambi kokuba nguNobhala Wezwe wama-70 wezwe, uPompeo usebenze njengomqondisi we-Central Intelligence Agency, umuntu wokuqala ukubamba zombili lezi zindima.
"Sizizwa sihloniphekile ukwamukela uNobhala uPompeo eqenjini lethu," kusho uSchneberger. “Inkonzo yakhe kahulumeni wase-US ehlanganiswe nesizinda sakhe sokukhiqiza i-aerospace inikeza umbono obalulekile njengoba sakha uchungechunge lokuhlinzekwa kwempahla oluhlanganiswe ngokugcwele olusekelwe e-US. UNobhala uPompeo uyakuqonda ukubaluleka kokuqina kokuthengwa kwempahla kanye nesidingo esibalulekile sesixazululo sasekhaya. "
Imishini eyinhloko embonini ye-Stillwater inomlando wayo. Ekupheleni kuka-2011, u-Hitachi wamemezela ukwakhiwa kwezigaba zesikhungo sokukhiqiza izibuthe zomhlaba ezingavamile, esihlela ukusebenzisa imali efinyelela ku-$ 60 million eminyakeni emine. Kodwa-ke, ngemva kokuxazululwa kwengxabano yokuhwebelana komhlaba engavamile phakathi kweChina neJapane, i-Hitachi yavala imboni eNyakatho Carolina ngo-2015 ngemva kweminyaka engaphansi kwemibili yokusebenza.