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Smackover Project
Standard Lithium
El Dorado, AR, USA
-92.66777778, 33.11194444
The Big Green Machine Site ID: 83
Additional Information:
Sector: Batteries
Activity: Extraction
Product: Lithium
Project Announcement Date: 5/17/2022
Target for Starting Production: 2028
Date Commercial Production Started:
Announced Post Inflation Reduction Act: No
Target Annual Production: 5400 tpa
Operating Status: Pilot
Capital Investment: $365 million
Congressional District: AR4
Government Subsidies:
Federal:
Bipartisan Infrastructure Funding: $225 million
Selected Sources:
“The Smackover Formation”, Standard Lithium Ltd., No Date. 🔗
“The Smackover Formation”, Standard Lithium Ltd., No Date. 🔗
“Arkansas Smackover Lithium Project”, NS Energy, 04 Feb 2020. 🔗
“Standard Lithium Announces Positive Results of Definitive Feasibility Study for First Commercial Lithium Extraction Plant at LANXESS South Plant”, Standard Lithium Ltd., 06 Sep 2023. 🔗
“You've reached your limit of free weekly articles”, The Northern Miner, 05 Mar 2025. 🔗
“Standard Lithium, Equinor receive $225m grant for SWA lithium project”, Mining Technology, 17 Jan 2025. 🔗
“Standard Lithium and Equinor Finalize $225 Million Grant from the U.S. Department of Energy for the South West Arkansas Project”, Standard Lithium Ltd., 16 Jan 2025. 🔗
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