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Leverton has a 50:50 joint venture with Germany’s Helm to scale-up its battery-grade chemical production capabilities.",{"type":583,"attrs":755,"content":756},{"textAlign":49},[757],{"type":649,"attrs":758},{"id":49,"alt":651,"src":759,"title":49,"source":49,"copyright":49,"meta_data":760},"https://a.storyblok.com/f/287943243085208/3d8936f289/bm-uk-by-rank.png",{},{"type":583,"attrs":762,"content":763},{"textAlign":49},[764,770],{"text":765,"type":588,"marks":766},"Green Lithium",[767],{"type":603,"attrs":768},{"href":769,"uuid":49,"anchor":49,"target":49,"linktype":606},"https://source.benchmarkminerals.com/article/the-missing-middle-uks-first-lithium-refinery-highlights-need-for-domestic-battery-materials",{"text":771,"type":588}," hopes to produce lithium chemicals in the UK this decade. It is building a lithium hydroxide refinery in Teesside in the northeast of England targeting 50,000 tonnes LCE of lithium hydroxide, with production planned to start in 2026. Construction is due to begin next year.",{"type":583,"attrs":773,"content":774},{"textAlign":49},[775],{"text":776,"type":588},"Tees Valley Lithium, wholly owned by Alkemy Capital Investments, is also looking at Teesside for its refinery that is planned to convert lithium sulphate, brine, and technical grade carbonate into battery grade chemicals. They are targeting 96,000 tonnes of lithium hydroxide, which would make them the largest lithium chemicals producer in Europe.",{"type":583,"attrs":778,"content":779},{"textAlign":49},[780],{"type":649,"attrs":781},{"id":49,"alt":651,"src":782,"title":49,"source":49,"copyright":49,"meta_data":783},"https://a.storyblok.com/f/287943243085208/230316bf12/bm-uk-by-comapny.png",{},"Imerys, the French mining and processing company, has signed a deal with startup British Lithium to mine and process lithium in Cornwall, in what will be the first integrated facility in the UK. The JV aims to produce 20,000 tonnes LCE a year of lithium carbonate at the site, enough for around 500,000 electric vehicles, […]",[786],{"slug":571,"name":572,"content":787},{"job_title":574,"image":788,"bio":577,"linkedin":578},{"filename":576},"\u003C!--#storyblok#{\"name\": \"article\", \"space\": \"\", \"uid\": \"206a4ad4-3959-4285-a3ad-98d96924c351\", \"id\": \"\"}-->","article",[792,795,798],{"slug":793,"name":794},"critical-minerals","Critical Minerals",{"slug":796,"name":797},"geopolitics","Geopolitics",{"slug":799,"name":8},"lithium","private",{"id":49,"alt":651,"name":651,"focus":651,"title":651,"source":651,"filename":802,"copyright":651,"fieldtype":803,"meta_data":804,"is_external_url":51},"https://a.storyblok.com/f/287943243085208/fefdfb8185/bm-british-lithium-23-may-23-lo-res-70.jpg","asset",{"alt":651,"title":651,"source":651,"copyright":651},"Jun 30, 2023","30th June 2023",[],[],1792773913339]