Why it matters
The critical minerals processing context.
Critical Minerals Processing tracks major U.S. facilities that separate, refine, process, recover, or manufacture strategically important mineral materials used in batteries, permanent magnets, electronics, defense systems, energy infrastructure, and advanced manufacturing. It distinguishes industrial mineral processing from extraction-only mining, following material conversion from feedstock into usable industrial inputs.
Project record
At a glance
- Company
- Redwood Materials
- Industry
- Critical Minerals Processing
- Location
- Ridgeville, South Carolina
- Investment
- $3.50B
- Permanent jobs announced
- 1,500
- Status
- Operational
- Announced
- Dec 14, 2022
- Operations began
- Date not publicly specified
- Added to tracker
- Aug 23, 2026
Sources
Official references
- Redwood Materials South Carolina campus announcement https://www.redwoodmaterials.com/news/announcing-redwood-south-carolina/
- Redwood critical-materials recovery operating update https://www.redwoodmaterials.com/news/redwood-begins-critical-materials-recovery-in-south-carolina/
- South Carolina project announcement https://governor.sc.gov/news/2022-12/redwood-materials-establishing-operations-berkeley-county-largest-economic-development
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