# NioCorp awards automation contract to Rockwell Automation for Nebraska mining facility

NioCorp Developments Ltd. has awarded a major contract to Rockwell Automation to engineer, design and procure process automation and instrumentation for its proposed critical minerals mining and processing facility in Elk Creek, Nebraska.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2018-05-21
- Where: Elk Creek, Nebraska, United States
- Status: announced
- Products: niobium, scandium, titanium
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Rockwell Automation](https://endata.com/companies/2401.md) (supplier)
- [Endress+Hauser](https://endata.com/companies/2732.md) (partner)
- [NioCorp Developments](https://endata.com/companies/16065.md) (customer)
- [MAVERICK Technologies](https://endata.com/companies/16396.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [rockwellautomation.com](https://www.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/company/news/press-releases/NioCorp-Awards-Contract-to-Rockwell-Automation-on-Groundbreaking-Critical-Minerals-Mining-and-Processing-Facility-in-Nebraska.html), 2018-05-21: "We selected Rockwell Automation and its partners to automate our process equipment and power control systems with the goals of optimizing material handling and processing, increasing efficiencies and reducing time to market."

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