# Ucore receives commissioning feedstock for Louisiana rare earth processing plant

Ucore Rare Metals Inc. has received over 50 tonnes of mixed rare earth carbonate to begin commissioning RapidSX Machine A at its Louisiana Strategic Metals Complex in Alexandria. The company plans to install and commission the first 600 tonnes per annum of rare earth oxide processing capacity in the first half of 2027.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2026-11-09
- Where: Alexandria, Louisiana, United States
- Value: $22.4M
- Starts operating: Q3 2027
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 600 tonnes per annum of total rare earth oxide throughput
- Products: rare earth oxides, neodymium-praseodymium oxide
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Ucore Rare Metals](https://endata.com/companies/95624.md)

## Sources

- [mininghub.com](https://mininghub.com/company/ucore-rare-metals-inc/insights/ucore-receives-initial-commissioning-feedstock-at-louisiana-smc-16267227), 2026-11-09: "Every step the Company has taken since establishing the RapidSX™ Commercialization and Demonstration Facility [CDF] is designed to de-risk the execution of commercial operations at the Louisiana SMC in the most deliberate yet expeditious manner possible."
- [miningstockeducation.com](https://www.miningstockeducation.com/2026/11/ucore-receives-initial-machine-a-commissioning-feedstock-at-the-louisiana-smc/), 2026-11-09: "The planned coordination between our work at the CDF and the integrated engineering, procurement, construction, testing, and commissioning work at the SMC cannot be overstated."

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