Critical Minerals Factbook
Facility

Ucore Louisiana Strategic Metals Complex

Ucore Rare Metals' first commercial RapidSX rare earth separation plant, an 80,800-square-foot brownfield facility at England Airpark in Alexandria, Louisiana. DoD awarded US$4 million (2023) for RapidSX demonstration and a US$18.4 million follow-on first-stage production award (2025); the site broke ground May 29, 2025.

Facts on this page last re-verified Aug 11, 2026 — the oldest verification date among its current claims. How we verify.

Location: Alexandria, Louisiana, United States

Separation

RapidSX rare earth separation (Production Line 1)

Under construction

RapidSX column-based accelerated solvent-extraction separation of light and heavy rare earths; first commercial machine (Machine A) funded by the US$18.4 million DoD award

Material flow

Mixed Rare Earth Carbonate → NdPr Oxide, Dysprosium and Terbium Oxides

Capacity

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

Qualification

No qualification claim. Status does not imply qualified output.

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