'Strategic advancement for the UK': £30m lithium chloride factory opens in Basingstoke

Michael Holder
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Credit: LevertonHELM

Chemicals manufacturer LevertonHELM hails the 'groundbreaking' factory as major boost to the UK's critical minerals supply chain

A "groundbreaking" £30m factory capable of producing up to 10,000 tonnes of lithium chloride solution a year for the fast-growing battery industry has opened its doors today in Hampshire, in what operator...

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