The refinery, which is being developed in northern England by Green Lithium, will receive feedstock - a raw material used in processing - from Trafigura, one of the world's largest metals traders
The UK's first lithium factory, which aims to supply European electric car and battery makers, has secured new investment.
The refinery, which is being developed in northern England by Green Lithium, will receive feedstock - a raw material used in processing - from Trafigura, one of the world's largest metals traders. Trafigura also plans to sell the finished product made by the 50,000 tonne-a-year plant to customers in Europe.comes from rocks found in Australia or from salt lakes in Chile, Bolivia and Argentina.There is currently no commercial lithium refinery in Europe, leaving the continent's growing electric vehicle and sustainable energy storage sectors reliant on China's plants.
There are risks to being dependent on a single country for a particular resource - as evidenced by the war in Ukraine and
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