Stardust Power breaks ground on $1.2bn lithium refinery in Oklahoma
The project will be developed in two phases, with a production capacity of 50,000 tonnes per annum.
The U.S. Commerce Department said on Tuesday it was opening an investigation into whether imports of vanadium, a metal used in aerospace, defense and energy applications, impair U.S. national security.
The “Section 232” probe is similar to ones that resulted in broad tariffs on steel and aluminum in 2018 and a probe underway into imports of titanium sponge.
Commerce said the domestic producers that petitioned the agency, AMG Vanadium and U.S. Vanadium LLC, assert that they are hurt by unfairly priced imports, value added tax regimes in other vanadium-producing countries and “the distortionary effect of Chinese and Russian industrial policies.”
(By David Lawder; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
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