Harper International, Buffalo, has beem chosen by Westwater Resources, Inc. to conduct engineering scaleup and front-end engineering design for production scale thermal purification as part of the Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS) on the Coosa Graphite Project located in Alabama.
Harper International specializes in the design of complete thermal processing solutions and technical services essential for the production of advanced materials. Westwater’s Definitive Feasibility Study will pave the way to scale up their battery graphite production with anticipated production in 2023.
Phase I will build and operate a full-scale 7,500 metric ton per year battery graphite processing plant. Phase II will expand the capacity to produce 15,000 metric tons. The DFS will address both Phase I and Phase II of the commercial-scale plant.
Christopher M. Jones, president and CEO of Westwater, said “This is another major step for Westwater as we plan for battery graphite production in 2023. We anticipate that the ongoing market growth of the electric vehicle, consumer electronics and grid energy storage markets will support the demand for our battery graphite products.”
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