HOUSTON, Lub yim hli ntuj 4th (Argus) - US aerospace thiab tiv thaiv chaw tsim tshuaj paus Lockheed Martin thiab tseem ceeb minerals developer NioCorp tau kos npe rau ib daim ntawv cog lus muab them rau tej zaum yuav yuav txog li 15 tons ib xyoo ntawm scandium oxide nyob rau hauv 10 xyoo tom ntej.
NioCorp tau hais rau lub Yim Hli 4th tias raws li daim ntawv cog lus tsis yog - khi, Lockheed Martin tuaj yeem siv cov khoom no ua oxide lossis txhuas-scandium alloy. Ob lub tuam txhab tau pom zoo los sib tham txog qhov kev pom zoo zaum kawg hauv kev ntseeg siab sai li sai tau, tab sis NioCorp ceeb toom tias tsis muaj kev lees paub tias kev cog lus yuav raug mus txog lossis nws yuav ua tiav raws li nqe lus twg.
Thaum qhov project nyiaj txiag thiab kev tsim kho tiav, NioCorp npaj yuav tsim kwv yees li 100 tons hauv ib xyoos ntawm scandium oxide ntawm nws txoj haujlwm Elk Creek hauv Nebraska. Lub tuam txhab tseem tsis tau txiav txim siab txog kev nqis peev zaum kawg ntawm lub mine thiab tam sim no tab tom nrhiav txog $ 800 lab hauv cov nuj nqis qiv nyiaj los ntawm US Export-Import Bank.
Lub tuam txhab twb tau siv cov khoom lag luam ntawm scandium oxide los tsim 4% txhuas-scandium intermediate alloys hauv Tebchaws Meskas. Lub tuam txhab npaj los tsim cov khoom tiav alloy ingots uas muaj 0.2-0.8% scandium rau kev tiv thaiv thiab cov neeg siv khoom lag luam.
Qhov kev pom zoo no yog ua raws li kev sib koom ua ke kev tsim kho uas tau tshaj tawm los ntawm Lockheed Martin's Skunk Hoobkas faib thaum Lub Kaum Hli 2025, uas yog lub hom phiaj los txhim kho scandium- muaj cov khoom siv txhuas alloy rau cov dav hlau fighter.
Raws li cov ntaub ntawv los ntawm Teb Chaws Asmeskas Geological Survey, thoob ntiaj teb kev siv ntawm scandium oxide yog kwv yees li 60 tons hauv 2025, nce 50% los ntawm 40 tons hauv 2024.
