I found this proposal for a lithium processing plant at the Kemerton Strategic Industrial Area where CCE are planning on constructing a 10 MW solar farm.
Western Australia has other such plants planned or already operating in Strategic Industrial Areas in other parts of the state.
It is fitting that resource companies in the renewable energy chain would have renewable energy provide power for processing the minerals that will go into batteries that store renewable energy.
A Western Australian microgrid company like CCE would be in the running to get more of these projects.
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Proponent: Albemarle Lithium Pty Ltd
Proposal description:
Albemarle Lithium Pty Ltd (Albemarle) is proposing to stablish the Albemarle Kemerton Plant, a Lithium hydroxide Product manufacturing plant and associated infrastructure, within the Kemerton Strategic Industrial Area (KSIA), approximately 17 kilometres north-east of Bunbury.
The Albemarle Kemerton Plant will produce up to 100,000 tonne per annum (tpa) of lithium hydroxide monohydrate (Lithium Hydroxide Product) from five 20,000 tpa process trains and produce up to 1,100,000 tpa of tailings.
The construction of these trains will be staged over the next ten years with construction of the first trains planned to commence in 2018. The plant will process spodumene ore concentrate supplied from the Talison mine in Greenbushes, the biggest source of spodumene ore concentrate in the southern hemisphere.
CCE Price at posting:
3.1¢ Sentiment: Buy Disclosure: Held
