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INDIVIDUAL FACILITIES AND SELECTED SOURCES
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Idaho Cobalt Operations

Jervois

Lemhi County, ID, USA

-114.3525, 45.13833333

The Big Green Machine Site ID: 248

Additional Information:

Sector: Batteries

Activity: Extraction

Product: Cobalt


Project Announcement Date: N.D.

Target for Starting Production: 2022

Date Commercial Production Started: 10/7/22

Announced Post Inflation Reduction Act: No


Target Annual Production: 1900 tpa

Operating Status: Under Construction


Target Jobs: 150

Capital Investment: $107.5 million

Government Subsidies:

We currently have no government subsidies tracked for this site.

Selected Sources:

“A.B.N. 52 007 626 575 Suite 2.03, 1-11 Gordon Street, Cremorne, Victoria, 3121, Australia”, weblink.com.au, 23 Jun 2022. 🔗



“Annual Report 2021”, weblink.com.au, 30 Dec 2020. 🔗


“Annual Report”, idaho.gov, 16 Nov 2021. 🔗


“Idaho cobalt mine is a harbinger of what’s to come”, Kylie Mohr, High Country News, 21 Oct 2022. 🔗


“Jervois delays ramp-up to capacity at US cobalt mine to Q2”, Alexander Cook, Fastmarkets, 01 Feb 2023. 🔗


“Biden is scrambling for minerals. This U.S. cobalt mine just closed.”, Hannah Northey, E&E News by POLITICO, 12 May 2023. 🔗



Tracked Expansions, Acquisitions, or Related Sites:

We currently have no related projects tracked for this site.

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