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Weardale Lithium applies for geothermal lithium development in County Durham, UK

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Weardale Lithium Limited (Weardale Lithium) has submitted a planning application to the Durham County Council for the phased construction of a lithium extraction plant at Eastgate in Weardale, County Durham, UK. This will enable the pilot plant able to operate with continuous flow at significant flowrates.

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Vulcan Energy reports progress on geothermal lithium operations in Germany

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Vulcan Energie Ressourcen GmbH (Vulcan Energy) has recently made two announcements on their geothermal lithium operations in Germany – the first extraction of lithium chloride from the company’s Landau facility, and the topping-out ceremony of their facility in Frankfurt-Höchst.

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Vulcan Energy signs MOU with ABB for Germany geothermal lithium project

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Multi-industry technology company ABB has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Vulcan Energy to jointly establish design, engineering, execution, and operations plans for the latter’s Zero Carbon Lithium project in the Upper Rhine Region in Germany.

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Cornish Lithium receives £53M investment to develop domestic lithium supply

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UK-based mineral exploration company Cornish Lithium has secured £53 million (approx. “Our investment… will greatly accelerate domestic production of a mineral which is critical to the future of EV battery production and decarbonisation of the transport sector, ” said John Flint of the UK Infrastructure Bank. .

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Vulcan to open lithium extraction optimization plant in Landau, Germany

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Vulcan Energy is set to open their Lithium Extraction Optimization Plant (LEOP) in Landau in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The facility aims to up the scale of lithium extraction from geothermal water from their current laboratory-scale operations. The LEOP is located right at the Landau geothermal power plant.

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Quebec lithium mine faces many hurdles to reach production

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As EV adoption grows, it’s plain that more EV raw materials will need to be mined and processed in North America (and Europe). A lithium mine in the pine forests northwest of Montreal provides an example of the challenges, as reported by the New York Times. The La Corne mine provides some examples of what could go wrong.

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Stellantis signs lithium supply agreement with Vulcan Energy

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The Stellantis Group has signed a binding agreement with lithium producer Vulcan Energy to supply battery-grade lithium hydroxide in Europe for the automaker’s electrified vehicles. Vulcan will supply Stellantis with between 81,000 and 99,000 metric tons of lithium hydroxide over the five-year term of the agreement.

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