纽约州州长凯西·霍楚周二表示，Phoenix Tailings将在罗切斯特市建设一座商业规模的稀土加工设施，投资额达3.75亿美元。
Phoenix Tailings will build a commercial-scale rare earth processing facility worth $375 million in the city of Rochester, New York state's Governor Kathy Hochul said on Tuesday.
美国正投入数十亿美元兴建新的稀土工厂，以削弱中国对这些矿产的控制，稀土被用于从电动汽车到战斗机等一系列产品。其中大部分产能要到2027年或更晚才能投产。霍楚在声明中说，Phoenix Tailings这座占地50万平方英尺的工厂将建在罗切斯特的伊士曼商业园，部分业务计划明年启动，预计2028年全面投产。
The United States is pouring billions into new rare earth plants to loosen China’s grip on the minerals, which are used in an array of products from electric vehicles to fighter jets. Most of that capacity won’t come online until 2027 or later. Phoenix Tailings' 500,000-square-foot facility will be built in Rochester's Eastman Business Park with some operations slated to start next year and full production expected in 2028, Hochul said in a statement.
声明称，该设施预计每年将处理约1.8万吨稀土材料，并补充说纽约州将为该项目提供300万美元的绩效导向税收抵免。州长表示，该工厂将有助于“通过在纽约建立稀土元素清洁供应链来增强我们的国家安全，减少对关键矿产外国来源的依赖”。
It is expected to process about 18,000 tons of rare earth material each year, the statement said, adding that New York state will provide $3 million in performance-based tax credits for the project. The governor said the facility will help bolster "our national security by building a clean supply chain for rare earth elements in New York, reducing reliance on foreign sources of critical minerals".
此前几个月，美国国防部已有条件地承诺向Phoenix Tailings提供5亿美元长期债务融资，用于在美国建设一座稀土中游加工厂。“美国及其盟友无法在一个其无法控制的稀土供应链上建设下一代先进制造业，”Phoenix Tailings首席执行官尼克·迈尔斯在声明中说。
The announcement comes months after the Pentagon conditionally committed $500 million in long-term debt financing to Phoenix Tailings to build a rare earth midstream processing plant in the US. "America and its allies cannot build the next generation of advanced manufacturing on a rare earth supply chain they do not control," Phoenix Tailings Chief Executive Nick Myers said in a statement.