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America’s Only Class 1 Nickel Refinery

A WIN FOR THE WEST.

Westwin Elements is scaling America's Only Class 1 Nickel Refinery — a domestic supply built to reduce crippling foreign reliance, revive the American industrial class, and deliver meaningful returns to shareholders.

Scaling domestic Class 1 nickel capacity. 

The United States relies entirely on imports for a mineral critical to defense, energy, and manufacturing. Westwin is closing that gap by localizing refining capacity, so the private and defense industrial bases are no longer exposed to foreign supply shocks.
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As global demand for critical minerals accelerates, Westwin is positioned to meet it on American soil, under American standards, restoring the high-value industrial capacity the country has exported for decades.​

About

Operating facility

Lawton, Oklahoma

Refining technology

Planned commercial site

Nickel carbonyl

Natchez, Mississippi

Commercial Operations:
Natchez, Mississippi

Westwin intends to develop its commercial facility at the Belwood Industrial Site.

Conceptual rendering. 

18,000 tonnes 

Phase 1 annual capacity 

$502 million

investment over 5 years

2029

Planned Phase 1 commissioning 

250 YEARS OF COMBINED CARBONYL EXPERIENCE. 

Technology

Learn how carbonyl refining produces high-purity nickel.

Team

Meet the team leading operations and commercial development. 

OUR MISSION

1

B U I L D

Shield U.S. Supply Chains. 

A domestic buffer of Class 1 nickel that insulates the Private and Defense Industrial Base from PRC aggression over critical mineral supply chains.

2

S C A L E 

68,000 tpa by 2031. 

Satisfies major share of Class 1 nickel demand — with rare-earth, cobalt, and manganese byproduct opportunities.

3

R E T U R N 

Meaningful Returns. 

Strong, reliable U.S. consumption and compelling demand growth convert strategic necessity into durable shareholder value.

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