阿拉斯加州诺瓦矿业锑矿项目10月27日获最终许可，2027年目标投产
阿拉斯加州安克雷奇市消息，诺瓦矿业公司（Nova Minerals）10月27日宣布，已获得阿拉斯加州自然资源部对其锑矿项目运营计划和复垦计划的最终批准，项目许可程序全部完成，为2027年投产铺路。许可覆盖三个环节：位于埃斯特尔项目区的斯蒂克斯和斯蒂比姆矿点的辉锑矿开采、威士忌布拉沃选矿点的矿石分选加工，以及麦肯齐港的下游加工精炼。项目第一阶段由美国战争部已有的4340万美元拨款全额资助，目标是建立几十年来美国第一个现代化的全集成国产锑供应链，生产军用级三硫化锑和纯度高于99.65%的标准二级锑金属。公司表示，全部主要长周期关键采矿加工设备已采购并运抵项目现场，选矿厂工程设计与冶金试验工作已经完成；许可是在提交约三个月后获批的。首批锑产品能否在2027年如期产出，仍取决于后续建设与投产进展。
Nova Minerals Secures Final Permits for Alaska Antimony Project on October 27, Targeting 2027 Production
Anchorage, Alaska — Nova Minerals announced on October 27 that it has received final approvals from the Alaska Department of Natural Resources for the Plan of Operations and Reclamation Plan for its antimony project, completing the project's permitting process and clearing the way for production targeted in 2027. The permits cover three stages: stibnite mining at the Styx and Stibium prospects within the Estelle Project, ore sorting and processing at the Whiskey Bravo concentration site, and downstream processing and refining at Port Mackenzie.
Phase 1 is fully funded by an existing US$43.4 million award from the U.S. Department of War, with the goal of establishing the first modern, fully integrated U.S. domestic antimony supply chain in decades, producing military-grade antimony trisulfide and standard grade II antimony metal of more than 99.65% purity. The company said all major long-lead critical mining and processing equipment has been procured and delivered to the project sites, process plant engineering and metallurgical test work have been completed, and the permits were approved roughly three months after submission. Whether the first antimony products are produced on schedule in 2027 will still depend on subsequent construction and commissioning progress.
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图片来源：图：辉锑矿（锑矿石）标本（资料图）。Ethmostigmus 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，来源：Wikimedia Commons / Photo: A stibnite (antimony sulphide) specimen (file photo). By Ethmostigmus, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
