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Livent Facility Expansion

Livent

Bessemer City, NC, USA

-81.308989, 35.2796203

The Big Green Machine Site ID: 218B

Project Timeline

Project Timeline Unavailable (Insufficient Information)

Additional Information:

Sector: Batteries

Activity: Materials Processing

Product: Lithium


Project Announcement Date: 10/27/2019

Target for Starting Production: 2020

Date Commercial Production Started: 11/14/2022

Announced Post Inflation Reduction Act: No


Target Annual Production: 5000 Tons

Operating Status: Operating


Target Jobs: 30

Congressional District: NC14

Government Subsidies:

We currently have no government subsidies tracked for this site.

Selected Sources:

“Livent Hosts Groundbreaking Ceremony for Construction of Additional Lithium Hydroxide Production Facilities in Bessemer City, North Carolina”, Livent Corporation, PR Newswire, 29 Oct 2019. 🔗


“Livent Expansion – 2022”, Bessemer City, NC, No Date. 🔗


“Livent starts work on Bessemer City expansion”, Mark Buckshon, North Carolina Construction News, 27 Oct 2019. 🔗


Tracked Expansions, Acquisitions, or Related Sites:

This site has 1 major expansion(s).

Those expansion(s) are tracked below:


Site 218A: Livent


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