Critical Minerals Factbook
Facility

Pensana Saltend Rare Earth Processing Hub

Pensana plc's rare earth separation hub at Saltend Chemicals Park, East Yorkshire, backed by the UK Automotive Transformation Fund in July 2022 with construction beginning that month. In October 2025 Pensana was reported to have scrapped the refinery plans and reoriented its downstream strategy to the United States; the company's March 2026 interim accounts still carry Saltend as a development asset.

Facts on this page last re-verified Aug 11, 2026 — the oldest verification date among its current claims. How we verify.

Location: Saltend, East Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Separation

Rare earth separation hub (project shelved October 2025)

Cancelled

Planned rare earth separation hub at Saltend Chemicals Park designed to process imported rare earth feedstock into separated magnet rare earths (design target 12,500 t/y separated rare earths, of which 4,500 t/y NdPr magnet metals per 2022 reporting); construction began July 2022 but the project was reported scrapped in October 2025 as Pensana reoriented downstream plans to the United States

Material flow

Mixed Rare Earth Carbonate → NdPr Oxide

Capacity

4,500 t/year · Product mass · Target · as of Jul 25, 2022

Qualification

No qualification claim. Status does not imply qualified output.

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