Wyoming Proposed as Home to North America’s ‘Largest’ Magnesium Smelter

Wyoming proposed as home to North America’s ‘largest’ magnesium smelter

by Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFileA Colorado-based company wants to expand a pilot magnesium smelter now operating near Cheyenne as part of an effort to decrease the nation’s reliance on imports of the critical mineral, which, among other things, is a key component for electric vehicle batteries.Big Blue Technologies now produces about 100 to 200 pounds per week in Wyoming. It proposes to “scale up” the pilot plant to produce 100 tons of magnesium an…

Wyoming proposed as home to North America's 'largest' magnesium smelter

A Colorado-based company wants to expand a pilot magnesium smelter now operating near Cheyenne as part of an effort to decrease the nation’s reliance on imports of the critical mineral, which, among other things, is a key component for electric vehicle batteries. Big Blue Technologies now produces about 100 to 200 pounds per week in Wyoming. It proposes to “scale up” the pilot plant to produce 100 tons of magnesium annually, making it the larges…