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INDIVIDUAL FACILITIES AND SELECTED SOURCES
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NICO Refinery Site

Fortune Minerals

Lamont County, AB, Canada

-112.9671482, 53.82929155

The Big Green Machine Site ID: 212

Additional Information:

Sector: Batteries

Activity: Materials Processing

Product: Cobalt


Project Announcement Date: 8/31/2006

Date Commercial Production Started:

Announced Post Inflation Reduction Act: No


Operating Status: Planned


Government Subsidies:

We currently have no government subsidies tracked for this site.

Selected Sources:

“Fortune Minerals Extends Option to Acquire the Alberta Refinery Site for the NICO Critical Minerals Project”, fortuneminerals.com, No Date. 🔗


“Fortune Minerals Extends Option to Acquire Alberta Refinery Site for the NICO Critical Minerals Project”, Business Wire, 01 Feb 2024. 🔗


“Fortune Minerals Provides an Update of NICO Project Test Work, Rio Tinto Process Collaboration & Feasibility Study”, Business Wire, 08 Jan 2025. 🔗


“Department of Defense Awards $14.7 Million to Enhance North American Cobalt and Graphite Supply Chain”, U.S. Department of Defense, 15 May 2024. 🔗


Tracked Expansions, Acquisitions, or Related Sites:

We currently have no related projects tracked for this site.

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