Cobalt Refinery Development Program
In conjunction with the DFS, COB has launched a Refinery Development Program for a cobalt sulphate refinery in Kwinana, Western Australia. The Program contains two primary components:
- An engineering cost estimate to assess the economic merits of building and operating a plant to process a minimum of 3,000 tpa cobalt (target), with expansion to 7,500 tpa cobalt /nickel when BHCP feedstock is available.
- A raw materials testing program to trial up to 5 tonne samples from third-party suppliers. Samples would typically be cobalt hydroxide or cobalt-nickel hydroxide or other intermediates from existing operations.
COB Mine to Battery Grade Market Model
COB is advancing a mine to battery grade market model. This is comprised of a mine in Broken Hill, New South Wales feeding into a refinery to be built in Kwinana, West Australia. The refinery can also process third-party materials as well as cobalt and other metals from waste stream projects (mining waste generating recycled metals). The refinery is then further scalable over time.
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Cobalt Blue Sulphate Refinery and NCM Precursor Strategies