Pentagon to back $150M restart of Blue Moon’s Springer tungsten complex in Nevada
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The US Defense Department's $450M investment in Elmet, including $150M to restart Blue Moon's Nevada tungsten complex and expand downstream APT processing, signals accelerating government support for domestic critical-minerals supply chains to reduce China dependence. The structure (prepayment facility, equity, and JV funding) lowers financing and market-access risk while adding long-dated offtake visibility via a separate DLA contract framework, potentially tightening strategic-material availability expectations.
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The US Defense Department is set to invest $450 million in The Elmet Group, including $150 million to restart Blue Moon Metals’ Springer tungsten complex in Nevada, as Washington seeks to curb reliance on China for critical minerals. Under a binding deal, Blue Moon would receive a $50million tungsten concentrate prepayment facility and a $25million equity investment. Elmet would add $75 million through a joint venture to restart the site’s ammonium paratungstate (APT) plant, with a further $25 million available if needed.
