# NioCorp contracts Rockwell Automation for Elk Creek project

NioCorp Developments Ltd. contracted Rockwell Automation to engineer, design and procure process automation and instrumentation for its critical minerals mining and processing facility in Elk Creek, Nebraska. System integration will be provided by MAVERICK Technologies, and Endress+Hauser will provide field instrumentation.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2018-06-18
- Where: Elk Creek, Nebraska, United States
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 7,000 mt of ferroniobium, 103 mt of scandium trioxide, 11,000 mt of titanium dioxide per year
- Products: ferroniobium, scandium trioxide, titanium dioxide
- 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

- [e-mj.com](https://www.e-mj.com/departments/suppliers-report/niocorp-selects-rockwell-for-automation-at-elk-creek/), 2018-06-18: "NioCorp Developments Ltd. contracted Rockwell Automation to engineer, design and procure process automation and instrumentation for the former’s critical minerals, mining and processing facility in Elk Creek, Nebraska."

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