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Carolina Lithium Project

MergeCo

Gaston County, NC, USA

-81.28861111, 35.38944444

The Big Green Machine Site ID: 6

Additional Information:

Sector: Batteries

Activity: Extraction

Product: Lithium


Project Announcement Date: 2017

Date Commercial Production Started:

Announced Post Inflation Reduction Act: No


Target Annual Production: 30000 tpa

Operating Status: Planned


Target Jobs: 1100

Capital Investment: $988 million

Congressional District: NC14

Government Subsidies:

We currently have no government subsidies tracked for this site.

Selected Sources:

“Piedmont Completes Bankable Feasibility Study Of The Carolina Lithium Project With Positive Results”, piedmontlithium.com, 13 Dec 2021. 🔗


“Piedmont Lithium Outlines 2022 Development Plans”, Piedmont Lithium, 03 Feb 2022. 🔗


“Piedmont Lithium's plans to supply Tesla face skeptical North Carolina officials”, Ernest Scheyder, Reuters, 09 Aug 2023. 🔗


“Piedmont Lithium pulls US government loan application as prices slump”, Ernest Scheyder, Reuters, 05 Sep 2024. 🔗


“Charlotte-region lithium mine set as a ‘key project’ in Piedmont Lithium merger”, Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 20 Nov 2024. 🔗


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


Tracked Expansions, Acquisitions, or Related Sites:

We currently have no related projects tracked for this site.

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