Critical Minerals Factbook
Facility

SRC Rare Earth Processing Facility

Saskatchewan Research Council's $71 million Government of Saskatchewan-funded rare earth processing facility in Saskatoon, combining monazite hydrometallurgy, AI-controlled solvent-extraction separation, and metal smelting. NRCan's CMRDD program added $4.99 million (Feb 2024) for Dy/Tb separation technology and PrairiesCan added $15.96 million (Aug 2024) to enable bastnaesite acquisition from Canadian sources. The smelting unit produced rare earth metals at commercial scale in summer 2024 (10 t/month NdPr capability); the fully integrated facility is expected to be fully operational in early 2027 at roughly 400 t/yr NdPr metal, scaling to 600 t/yr, with Dy and Tb oxides, under a five-year offtake with REalloys signed in December 2025.

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Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Separation

Monazite hydrometallurgy and REE separation

Under construction

Monazite hydrometallurgical processing with proprietary AI-controlled solvent-extraction separation cells; bastnaesite processing added with PrairiesCan support (Aug 2024) and Dy/Tb separation technology under development with NRCan CMRDD support

Material flow

Monazite Concentrate → NdPr Oxide

Capacity

No capacity claim. Absence of a figure means no source publishes one.

Qualification

No qualification claim. Status does not imply qualified output.

Metals & alloys

Rare earth metal smelting

Operating

In-house developed automated metal smelting converting rare earth oxides to NdPr metal at purities greater than 99.5 per cent and conversions greater than 98 per cent; also used under tolling agreements to convert client-supplied individual rare earth oxides into metals

Material flow

NdPr Oxide → NdPr Metal

Capacity

10 t/month · Product mass · Nameplate · as of Sep 16, 2024

400 t/year · Product mass · Target · as of Dec 8, 2025

Qualification

No qualification claim. Status does not imply qualified output.

Sources