Polish chemicals and fertilizer group Grupa Azoty SA, Tarnów, and Canadian mineral exploration and development company Mkango Resources Ltd. have agreed to work together towards the development of a rare earth separation plant in Poland.
According to a June 7 media release by Mkango, the parties have signed an exclusive lease option agreement for a site adjacent to Grupa Azoty’s subsidiary’s Puławy’s fertilizers and chemicals production site at Puławy. Feasibility studies for the rare earth separation plant are being undertaken.
A new Polish owned subsidiary of Mkango, Mkango Polska, also has been established.
Grupa Azoty Puławy Management Board Member Andrzej Skwarek said the proposed project complements the adjacent activities of Grupa Azoty Puławy, benefiting from synergies in relation to reagents, by-products, utilities, and infrastructure.