Minnesota Metals Company planning Minerals Processing Facility in North Dakota

Photo by: Talon Metals Corp - Facebook
Photo by: Talon Metals Corp - Facebook

(Mercer County, ND) -- A Minnesota metals company is planning to build a minerals processing facility in central North Dakota.

Talon Metals Corp is getting a 114-million dollars to build the facility from the U.S. Department of Energy. The 433-million dollar plant is part of a federal effort to expand domestic manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles and the power grid.

The facility will be located in Mercer County.