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First Cobalt to accelerate refinery expansion

Canada's First Cobalt plans to accelerate a planned expansion of its mothballed refinery from a 12 tonnes of cobalt sulphate per day capacity to a 55t/d operation by conducting pilot work at third-party sites.

The project will create the first cobalt refinery in North America

The project will create the first cobalt refinery in North America

First Cobalt said that conducting demonstration work elsewhere will enable it to focus on construction work on the hydrometallurgical cobalt refinery. "We have concluded that the optimal development...

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