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Tennessee Lithium

MergeCo (formerly Piedmont)

Etowah, TN, USA

-84.5315127, 35.3757718

The Big Green Machine Site ID: 10

Additional Information:

Sector: Batteries

Activity: Materials Processing

Product: Lithium


Project Announcement Date: 9/27/2016

Target for Starting Production: 2025

Date Commercial Production Started:

Announced Post Inflation Reduction Act: No


Target Annual Production: 30000 tpa

Operating Status: Cancelled


Target Jobs: 120

Capital Investment: $809 million

Congressional District: TN3

Government Subsidies:

Federal:

Bipartisan Infrastructure Funding: $142 million

Selected Sources:

“230420-Piedmont-Completes-Definitive-Feasibility-Study-of-Tennessee-Lithium.pdf”, Piedmont Lithium, 20 Apr 2023. 🔗


“Battery Materials Processing and Battery Manufacturing”, U.S. Department of Energy, 18 Oct 2022. 🔗


“Piedmont Lithium Expands Land Position in Tin-Spodumene Belt of North Carolina, United States”, Mr. Keith Phillips reports:, Junior Mining Network, 14 Nov 2017. 🔗


“Piedmont Lithium – Tennessee Project Receives Final Permit Required to Advance to Construction”, Batteries News, 27 Jul 2023. 🔗



“Piedmont Lithium Reports Q2 2024 Results”, piedmontlithium.com, 07 Aug 2024. 🔗


“Piedmont Lithium and Sayona Mining To Merge”, Piedmont Lithium, 19 Nov 2024. 🔗


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