Oklahoma strives to become American hub for critical minerals processing

Rural Oklahoma strives to become US hub for critical minerals processing

Currently under construction or in operation are the country's only nickel refinery, its largest lithium refinery, two lithium-ion battery recycling plants, a rare earths magnet facility, and several electronic waste collection facilities

Rural Oklahoma Strives to Become American Hub for Critical Minerals Processing

Oklahoma strives to become American hub for critical minerals processing

Nestled beneath Oklahoma's Wichita Mountains sits a two-story warehouse containing the only machine in the United States capable of refining nickel, a crucial energy transition metal now dominated by China.

Rural Oklahoma strives to become American hub for critical minerals processing

By Ernest Scheyder

Oklahoma Emerges as U.S. Critical Minerals Hub

Behind the rolling plains and rocky outcrops of southwestern Oklahoma, a quiet transformation is unfolding. Westwin Elements has set up in Lawton what stands as the only nickel refining machine in the United States. This two-story warehouse may lack the flair of high-tech labs, but inside it holds tremendous promise, an American-made nickel source at a time when the nation is eager to reduce its outsized reliance on Chinese metals. Support from …

Stardust Power Raises $4.3M to Accelerate Oklahoma Lithium Facility Development

Fresh capital to fund crucial feasibility study for Muskogee lithium processing facility. Additional $0.6M possible from over-allotment option. See development timeline.