Business Secretary announces UK’s first large-scale lithium refinery
UK Business Secretary Grant Shapps is visiting Teesside to announce the UK’s first large-scale merchant lithium refinery, providing battery grade materials for use in the electric vehicle, renewable energy and consumer technology supply chains.
Green Lithium has unveiled Teesport in Middlesbrough as the site for their forthcoming lithium refinery. This will be the first lithium refinery in Europe.
The UK Government has backed Green Lithium with a grant of over £600,000 through the Automotive Transformation Fund.
