Jayworth Australia Is Expected To Increase Cobalt And Nickel Production.

Australian resources company Jevos Mining will produce its first cobalt and copper concentrates from its Idaho Cobalt Mining Company (ICO) in the US and will complete the acquisition of the Sao Miguel Paulista (SMP) nickel/cobalt refinery in Brazil in July-September. The Melbourne-based company said that based on feasibility studies, the SMP refinery could produce 10,000 tpy of nickel metal and 2,000 tpy of cobalt metal in phase ONE, with initial commercial production expected in 2023. A phase ii feasibility study is currently under way to restore SMP to its full production capacity of 25,000 mt/y nickel and 2,000 mt/y cobalt, which is expected to be completed in the second half of this year.