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Oklahoma! How America hopes to take on China in critical minerals

18 June 2025, 11:51 am

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Westwin Elements COO John Shelegey walks in front of their demonstration plant in Lawton, Oklahoma, U.S. March 11, 2025. REUTERS/Nick Oxford To match Special Report USA-MINING/OKLAHOMA

Nestled beneath Oklahoma’s Wichita Mountains sits a two-story warehouse containing the only machine in the United States capable of refining nickel, a crucial energy transition metal now dominated by China.