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technology will be the driving deter- mination behind all technologies as- sociated with the Alaska SMC. Market: Strategic Development of the North American REE Market ?SP _ST]O LYO ʭYLW NZX[ZYPY_ ZQ Ucore’s M3 Plan involves the careful- ly planned outreach to best-in-class North American end users. As is well known, China controls approximately 84 percent of the current international =00XL]VP_ ɭ.STYL T^ ^PWQ^`ʯNTPY_ bT_S =00 production today. Their intent is to continue to limit exports and expand their internal capacity, therefore, the time is right to set up an Alaskan =00 TYQ]L^_]`N_`]P []ZR]LX _S]Z`RS Ucore’s and other North American companies’ initiatives,” observed =LYOd5ZSY^ZY@NZ]P,OaT^Z]d-ZL]O Member, Ketchikan. Two primary end markets have been the focus of Ucore’s senior ex- ecutive team over the past 18 months, one Federal and one commercial. Recent USG initiatives have ac- VYZbWPORPO _SP N]T_TNLWT_d ZQ =00 _Z U.S. defense systems. Ucore is active- Wd[`]^`TYRT_^`YT\`P^PWQNZY_LTYPO 3=00^`[[WdNSLTYXP^^LRPTYBL^S - ington D.C. It has responded to a De- fense Production Act Title III Program ]P\`P^_QZ]TYQZ]XL_TZYTYOTNL_TYR_SP Bokan-Dotson Ridge Mine and its as- sociated SMC separation plant are es- sential to independent and self-sus- _LTYPOYL_TZYLWOPQPY^P]P\`T]PXPY_^ Ucore is focused on North American industry and in particular the auto- motive sector, an important pillar of U.S. economic strength, especially as the industry transitions to the manu- facture of electric vehicles with a high OPXLYOZQ=00,WXZ^_LWWYZY.ST - YP^P Z]TRTYLW P\`T[XPY_ XLY`QLN - turers have expressed concern for the free-market availability of commer- NTLW[]ZO`N_^NZY_LTYTYR=00 More information and updates on Ucore’s M3 Plan are online at www. ucore.com.
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