Meet engineer Chris Fearn as he explains what he enjoys about working here at Imerys British Lithium Limited 🔋 👍 👉 👉 👉 Are you looking for a new challenge? We are looking for a multi-skilled fitter - find out more here 👇 👏 https://lnkd.in/enkqxhAN Join us as we work to produce #lithium #carbonate from granite here in #Cornwall - aiming to produce 21,000 tonnes per year, every year, for over 30 years! 👏
Imerys British Lithium Limited
Research Services
Roche, Cornwall 11,033 followers
Our advanced pilot plant uses bespoke technologies to sustainably extract battery-grade lithium from Cornish granite
About us
Imerys British Lithium runs a £4 million lithium pilot plant in mid-Cornwall to demonstrate and optimise bespoke technology for the sustainable extraction of battery-grade lithium carbonate from mica granite. We are progressing towards full-scale lithium carbonate production by 2030. We were the first company to drill for lithium in the UK, and have built in Cornwall, the only dedicated lithium pyrometallurgy and hydrometallurgy laboratory in the UK. In 2021 Imerys British Lithium won a £2.9m research and development grant from Innovate UK to build our pilot plant to demonstrate our novel technology, to prove its environmental credentials and to produce samples for lithium customers. In 2022 we were awarded a £2m scale up readiness validation grant by the Automotive Transformation Fund. Imerys British Lithium is working rapidly toward establishing the UK's first quarry and refinery, to produce the lithium required for the transition of the UK from hydrocarbon to electric mobility. Imerys British Lithium aims to be the lowest-carbon producer of lithium, and with production in the UK giving our local battery makers and EV makers an advantage over Europe.
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External link for Imerys British Lithium Limited
- Industry
- Research Services
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Roche, Cornwall
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2016
- Specialties
- metallurgy, lithium, research and development, Cornish mining, low carbon, critical minerals, cornish lithium, and batteries
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Unit 6, Victoria Trading Estate
Roche, Cornwall PL26 8LX, GB
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Roche Road, Stenalees
St Austell, Cornwall PL26 8ZH, GB
Employees at Imerys British Lithium Limited
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Hanno Buys
Head of Mining at Imerys British Lithium Limited
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Guillaume Delacroix
Senior Vice President Performance Minerals EMEA & APAC at Imerys - Chairman of Imerys British Lithium
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James Skeplorn
Project Management Office - Imerys British Lithium
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Roderick J H Smith BCom CA FFin FRGS
Founding Director of Imerys British Lithium Limited
Updates
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Looking forward to Wednesday this week when we deliver our final community drop in event of 2024 🙌 Read more about it in the St Austell Voice 👇 https://lnkd.in/ex-jPSAW Drop in anytime between 3-630pm to St Stephen Community Centre to talk to our team of experts. You will also be one of the first to see 3D modelling of our plans for a full-scale lithium carbonate production plant - and tell us what you think! Your feedback is essential as we move from pilot to full scale over the next few years 🔋 ⛏️ 👏
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Brilliant group today from Women In Mining UK (WIM UK) and Young Mining Professionals London (YMP) - thanks for dropping into our #lithium production plant on your #Cornish fieldtrip! The group then headed off to tour Imerys #kaolin operations - including Littlejohns pit - the biggest kaolin mine in the world! We hope you enjoyed the tour! 👏
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We're really looking forward to joining the Cornish Pavilion at Resourcing Tomorrow in December 🙌 Such an important time for our #lithium project and the next stage of #mining in #Cornwall 👏
Discover Cornwall's mining exploration companies at Resourcing Tomorrow. Cornwall has key metals and minerals like lithium, copper, tin & tungsten, which are all needed to deliver the technology for the UK’s transition to clean energy. And this isn't a future opportunity, we have companies exploring, completing pilot projects and revitalising our existing infrastructure as we speak. 🔋 ⛏ 👩💻 👨🔬 🤝 Join the region's companies Cornish Lithium Plc, Cornish Metals Inc., Cornish Tin Limited, Cornwall Resources Limited, Imerys British Lithium Limited, Tungsten West plc as well as industry representatives from Cornwall Trade & Investment , Cornwall Mining Alliance, CORNISH CHAMBER OF MINES AND MINERALS, and Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter. 📅 3rd - 5th December, 2024 📍 Business Design Centre, London Find out more about Resourcing Tomorrow 👉 https://lnkd.in/e5pYrVVH
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Join us later this month - Wednesday 23 Oct - in St Stephen Community Centre, for our final #community drop-in event of 2024. You'll be one of the first to view our new 3D modelling - giving a preliminary view of our plans to co-locate our #lithium #processing and #mining - in a 'mined-out' Imerys China clay pit - just outside of Roche, mid-Cornwall. If you can't make it - read our plans here 👇 https://lnkd.in/ejK3qWbx Hope to see you there 🙌
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Brilliant news for Cornwall 👏👏👏
We're delighted to announce that we have received £4.5M of funding to establish a new "Critical Minerals Accelerating the Green Economy Centre". This pioneering new research centre is designed to accelerate critical mineral extraction in Cornwall and Devon, and have global reach with our solutions. Professor Frances Wall will lead the centre, and said: "This is a wonderful opportunity to focus on helping our industry colleagues accelerate all the businesses in the region related to critical minerals. We are collaborating with local government and community organisations, aiming to be an exemplar of sustainable regional development from use of our natural resources". Learn more below 👇🏼 https://lnkd.in/esT3k6QX
Research centre to spearhead new support for Cornwall and Devon mineral mining to accelerate the Green Economy - News
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Meet Steve Melia - who works as plant lead at our #lithium #carbonate pilot plant near Roche in #Cornwall. Steve and his team are focused on #continous #improvement of our process - ready to go into full-scale commercial production before the end of the decade 💪 We are currently looking for both a #manager and #technician to join this growing, ambitious team - follow the links below to Imerys careers page to find out more about each role 👏 Pilot plant manager role 👇 https://lnkd.in/em3gmxKW Pilot plant technician role here 👇 https://lnkd.in/e32HzZBT
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We're really proud to announce our support of this amazing new Surf Life Saving GB club at Carlyon Bay! Along with Imerys, we have donated to help get this club up and running - with practical help including donating and delivering a container for storage, then donating to allow the club to fund essential insurance, new signage and seven 'nipper' boards, for the younger club members to practice their life saving skills on! 🙌 We can't wait to see this club grow and watch more local kids benefit from such an amazing organisation - training beach lifeguards for the future 👏 Thanks to Mark Hewson. FCILT for the support and Ben Cordier for his energy in setting up this club ✌ Read more here 👇 https://lnkd.in/eACWfSsh
Imerys British Lithium & Imerys hand-in-hand support for burgeoning local Surf Life Saving Club
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We're really looking forward to hosting this tour from Women In Mining UK (WIM UK) and Young Mining Professionals next month - the group will visit Imerys existing #kaolin mining operations alongside a tour of our #lithium production plant - as part of its #Cornwall #Mine Tour See below for how to sign up! 👇
📣 Young Mining Professionals London is thrilled to announce the third event of our 2024 'Autumn Series' of events. This event is co-hosted with our friends at Women In Mining UK (WIM UK). ⛏️ Please apply to join us for the 2024 Cornwall Mine Tour which includes site visits to Cornish Lithium Plc, Imerys British Lithium Limited, Cornish Metals Inc., GRINDING SOLUTIONS LIMITED, the Eden Project and Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter. 🖊️ Please let us know if you are interested in joining the tour and tell us in a few lines why you want to attend and what you hope to gain from this experience. Full itinerary will be released to successful applicants upon final confirmation and will include all transportation details, hotel reservations and meal arrangements. 🔗 Apply here, deadline Wednesday 2nd October: https://lnkd.in/ek55DXBn ℹ See the YMP website for more information on our events and information about the wider organisation: https://lnkd.in/gdnE3aM7 #ymp #youngminingprofessionals #mining #metals #minetour #cornwall
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More news this week...we're delighted to welcome Edwin Berends to our senior team 👏 He took up the newly created role of Project Director from 1 September. Edwin brings a wealth of experience gained over 30 years, with a PhD in chemical engineering, he has held several senior global positions with Albemarle. Edwin explains: “This is such an exciting time to join Imerys British Lithium - who are so far the only UK project having produced battery-grade lithium and well placed to open the UK’s first full scale lithium production plant. “My previous role as Project Director for Albemarle’s lithium project has provided me with experience which will be essential in this next stage for IBL.” Alan Parte, Imerys VP for lithium projects and CEO of Imerys British Lithium Limited explains more: “We are delighted to have Edwin join our growing team. “This year, in addition to focusing on community engagement, we have been progressing on our prefeasibility study and planning application for the full scale production plant. "Edwin will do a fantastic job of leading us through this and onwards to being the first UK commercial producer of #lithium for #electric #vehicle #batteries.”
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