Ucore engineering report resets Louisiana plan: 600 t/yr Machine A, three lines, ~9,600 t/yr target

Ucore Rare Metals/Louisiana Strategic Metals Complex

An engineering report led by Orbital Engineering reshaped the Louisiana plant into one enlarged first machine of about 600 t/yr plus three RapidSX production lines of about 3,000 t/yr each, dropping a planned fourth line. Capex for Machine A, the first line and the oxide plant was put at US$135 million. Machine A's installation, testing and commissioning moved to the first half of 2027.

• Machine A grows from 64 to about 118 stages.
• Capex: Machine A US$60M, Line 1 US$44M, oxide production and packaging US$31M.
• Site target about 9,600 t/yr of rare-earth oxides.
• Machine A partly funded by the US$18.4M Department of War agreement.