We expect Carolina Lithium to be one of the world's only fully integrated lithium sites and among the most sustainable lithium hydroxide operations of its kind.
Carolina Lithium - Piedmont Lithium
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CAROLINA LITHIUM
Ideal U.S. Location. Strong Market Fundamentals.
Historic Spodumene Belt.
Carolina Lithium is a proposed, multi-phase, fully integrated lithium project in Gaston County, North Carolina, with mining, spodumene concentrate production, and lithium hydroxide conversion being designed as Phase 1 and a second lithium hydroxide train being designed as Phase 2. We expect Carolina Lithium to be one of the world’s only fully integrated lithium sites and among the most sustainable lithium hydroxide operations of its kind. The project, currently in the development stage, is located within the renowned Carolina Tin-Spodumene Belt.
Carolina Lithium is one of only two significant spodumene projects in the U.S. Based on published technical studies, we expect Carolina Lithium to be a low-cost producer of spodumene concentrate and lithium hydroxide and a key contributor to U.S. energy security. At full production, Carolina Lithium is expected to produce 30,000 metric tons per year of lithium hydroxide per conversion train for a total of 60,000 metric tons annually. This capacity would provide a fourfold increase to the current domestic production of approximately 20,000 metric tons annually.
Another Hurdle in Recovery From Helene: Misinformation Is Getting in the Way
nytimes.com/2024/10/06/us/hurricane-helene-north-carolina-misinformation.html
Emily Cochrane, Christopher Flavelle, Michael D. Shear, Tiffany HsuOctober 6, 2024
In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene’s devastation in western North Carolina, the public meeting in Rutherford County last Wednesday was essential business. Officials from several shellshocked communities convened to talk about the extensive damage and ongoing search-and-rescue efforts.
US officials struggle to quash Hurricane Helene conspiracy theories
reuters.com/world/us/us-officials-struggle-quash-hurricane-helene-conspiracy-theories-2024-10-05
Stephanie Kelly
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Oct 5 (Reuters) - In the wake of the devastation of Hurricane Helene in the United States this week, a new storm emerged on social media - false rumors about how disaster funds have been used, and even claims that officials control the weather.
Local and national government officials say they are trying to combat the rumors, including one spread by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
One of the more far-fetched rumors is that Helene was an engineered storm to allow corporations to mine regional lithium deposits. Others accuse the administration of President Joe Biden of using federal disaster funds to help migrants in the country illegally, or suggest officials are deliberately abandoning bodies in the cleanup.
Fact-checking the viral conspiracies in the wake of Hurricane Helene
grist.org/extreme-weather/fact-checking-the-wild-conspiracies-in-the-wake-of-hurricane-helene
October 4, 2024
This story is part of State of Emergency, a Grist series exploring how climate disasters are impacting voting and politics.
The conspiracy theories started swirling even as the floodwaters were rising: Hurricane Helene, the deadliest storm to strike the United States since Katrina in 2005, was created specifically to target Trump voters in crucial swing states. “Yes they can control the weather,” Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, the far-right representative from Georgia, posted on X on Thursday. “It’s ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it can’t be done.”