The USSM Advantage
USSM is North America’s only sustainable, long-term battery metals production and processing solution
USSM’s unique strengths make it a global market leader in reliable, ethically sourced, and environmentally-friendly strategic metals for US and global markets.
Based on a team of experienced professionals, substantial domestic resources, and a culture of innovation, USSM is building the capacity to meet the growing needs of renewable energy industries while ensuring reliable, domestic strategic metals.
“United States Strategic Metals is the only company able to deploy, along with long-term partners, a closed-loop raw material production and recycling process. Our ability to ‘close the loop’ enables USSM to lead the creation of a secure, reliable domestic battery industry not dependent on extended and vulnerable global supply chains.”
-J. Randal Waterfield, Chairman of the Board
Best-in-class
ESG credentials
Leading ESG credentials and practices, committed to producing clean and ethically-sourced cobalt, critical to advance the green energy transition. USSM is poised to become the showcase of low-carbon, zero-emission, and sustainable energy transition enterprise.
Strategic
domestic location
USSM owns the largest primary cobalt reserve and is the only vertically-integrated cobalt producer in North America, centered around the Madison Mine in Missouri. This strategic location with native and recycled materials is centrally located in close proximity to largest US battery and auto manufacturers
Closed-loop
domestic supply chain
USSM is building a closed-loop, transparent supply chain providing reliable, traceable, conflict-free battery metals. USSM and its long-term North American partners are focused on all elements of an environmentally sustainable and economically viable process—from securing and processing raw materials and recyclables to producing battery-grade sulfates and PCAM.
Capacity to meet long-term
U.S., ally, and partner needs
USSM is a scalable operation capable of supplying America’s long-term green energy transition needs, with its 1,800 acre site and an additional 2,000 acres of nearby mining rights in Missouri, as well as long term contracts with the world’s largest suppliers of battery raw materials and recycled black mass.