Planned Westwin Elements Refinery Encounters Indigenous Opposition

(LAWTON, Okla.) Westwin Elements, Inc., an Oklahoma-based company, will open a first-of-its-kind nickel, cobalt, and manganese refinery in Lawton in late 2024. Though the project broke ground in August of 2023, it has been causing ripples across Indian Country for far longer. Situated on a 40-acre tract on Bishop Road (one mile South of the