HOUSTON, Lub Peb Hlis 25th (Argus) - Teb Chaws Asmeskas cov neeg tsim khoom siv hluav taws xob tsawg zog tau tshaj tawm rau hnub Wednesday tias nws tau tsim thawj pawg ntawm 99.9% ntshiab terbium oxide ntawm nws White Mesa Mill hauv Utah.
Lub Zog Hluav Taws Xob ua tus tsav- ntsuas kev tsim cov terbium oxide siv monazite mined hauv Florida thiab Georgia. Raws li lub tuam txhab, kev tsim tawm ntawm qhov siab no -purity terbium oxide yog "thawj zaug hauv kaum xyoo" uas Tebchaws Meskas tau tsim los ntawm nws cov khoom siv ntxhia tseem ceeb.
Raws li Energy Fuels, lub tuam txhab siab -purity terbium oxide ua tau raws li cov lus qhia tshwj xeeb ntawm cov tuam txhab hlau nplaum tsawg hauv ntiaj teb.
Ntxiv nrog rau tus tsav- teev kev tsim cov terbium oxide, lub tuam txhab kuj tau tsim thawj pawg ntawm dysprosium oxide ntawm qhov chaw thaum Lub Yim Hli. Txog tam sim no, nws tau tsim ze li ntawm 30 kilograms ntawm 99.9% ntshiab dysprosium oxide.
Energy Roj lub hom phiaj nthuav dav nws cov khoom hnyav hauv ntiaj teb tsis tshua muaj nyob rau xyoo tom ntej. Nws xav tias tom qab ua tiav qhov thib ob -theem voj voog nyob rau hauv 2029, nws lub peev xwm yuav ncav cuag 288 tons / xyoo ntawm dysprosium oxide, 80 tons / xyoo ntawm terbium oxide, thiab 6,000 tons / xyoo ntawm praseodymium-neodymium oxide.
