Unidentified company planning to build battery and car factories near the mine, page-2

This is called a run: After the announcement of Infineon to invest 1.6 billion in Villach, comes the next sensation. Lawyer and National Council Christian Ragger announces as a spokesman for an Australian company that will soon be in the Lavant Valley hypermodern works for batteries and e-cars.

Short story: The Australian-owned majority "European Lithium Society" acquired from Andreas Henkel-Donnersmark the ownership and mining rights to the lithium deposits in the Koralpe. More precisely, under the Weinebene, but on the Carinthian side. Ragger: "That's enough for 17, probably for 30 years." In the "Krone" meeting, National Council member Christian Ragger, who acts as spokesman and lawyer for the company, announces the sensation: "We will start excavating in 2021 and are already negotiating with the mayors to build Europe's first battery factory. " A 650-million investment is planned, which will bring about 1400 jobs, so Ragger. But not only that! "There are already preliminary contracts with a well-known manufacturer, who wants to build a modern car plant next to it, in which only electric cars are produced," says Ragger. The name of the manufacturer known to the "Krone" may not yet be mentioned for contractual reasons. 30 hectares are needed for the two factories, currently the "European Lithium" is on site in promising negotiations. The favorite is crystallized, it is said, the community of St. Paul out. What Ragger does not deny: "With the Koralmbahn, electric cars and batteries manufactured in St. Paul will be in Trieste in two hours and in Gdansk in eight hours. This is indeed a huge location advantage. " On Tuesday, June 19, the bosses of "European Lithium", which by the way, today, Friday, will be converted into a public limited company, will inform the Carinthian state government about their plans. The appointment is already fixed. And that's important and right, because there are competitors. Christian Ragger: "Styria has also got wind of it and is trying to locate the two factories in Deutschlandsberg." Therefore it would require a Carinthian effort, the poker for this project, which would mean thousands of jobs in a booming industry for a structurally weak region to win and keep it in Carinthia, stresses Ragger.