AFRY awarded engineering assignment for Jervois’ cobalt refinery project in United States
Jervois Global Limited, an Australian-based leading cobalt company, has appointed AFRY to provide the basic engineering and bankable feasibility study for its planned cobalt refinery in the United States.Cobalt is a critical mineral as declared by the U.S. Government due to cobalt’s importance in the energy transition and national security applications. To meet the increased demand, especially in the battery sector, Jervois is planning to a build cobalt refinery in the U.S., where a refinery site selection process is on-going. The United States has no operating cobalt refineries today.