👷♀️👷♂️Groundbreaking for our 𝟭𝘀𝘁 #lithium#converter - w/ Dietmar Woidke, Premier of Brandenburg, our key partner Markus Schäfer, board member at @MercedesBenz and many more, we broke ground on our property in the Guben industrial park.
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ALT In Guben, eastern Germany, Rock Tech's first converter will produce lithium hydroxide for the battery and automotive industry from 2025. The groundbreaking ceremony for this took place on 27 March 2023, marking the official start of construction.
🔭 𝙏𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙥𝙚𝙚𝙠 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚
#Quality, #innovation and #sustainability - We understand what is important as a future partner in the Mercedes-Benz AG #battery supply chain, e.g:
- LCA showing a 30% less extensive CO2 footprint;
- digital battery passport.
📣 🚧 Site #update on the #GubenConverter:
Load tests have finally concluded, with pressures up to ❹❷⓿ tonnes placed on 20m grounded test piles. The measured data will be analyzed, and twe'll find out in a few weeks whether our #engineering can be further improved. 🤔
📢 #Update vom #GubenConverter: Die Bodenuntersuchungen in Form des #Testpiling gehen voran. „Die ersten zwei Wochen der Probepfahlbohrungen verliefen wie geplant", verrät Henrik Wende. 👷♂️
#ValueEngineering - Ein wichtiger Teil unserer Bauvorbereitungen.
Competition in lithium refining is heating up in Europe amid the race for EV supply chains. For Germany's auto sector, that could be a problem
Oliver Crook takes a closer look bloom.bg/3nxkvbS
📨 There is big news:
The State Office for the Environment issued the first partial license to our #lithium conversion plant ✅🎉
Allowing to start construction for all non-process buildings and approving the #spodumene to #lithium hydroxide #conversion. #battery#supplychain
ALT Rock Tech has obtained the first partial license in accordance with the Federal Immission Control Act (BImSchG) for its lithium hydroxide conversion plant in Guben, Germany. The Licensing Authority South of the Brandenburg State Office for the Environment issued the first partial permit to Rock Tech’s lithium conversion plant submitted in February 2022. The permit follows the project’s Early Start Permissions received in December 2022 and January 2023.
It secures first works onsite, which were recently awarded to a regional construction company. The permit received allows complete construction for all non-process buildings and site infrastructure and approves the general plant layout and functions for the spodumene to lithium hydroxide conversion.
🔥3️⃣ New #Lithium Prospects identified at our #GeorgiaLake mining property in #Canada🔥
This is proving our mines value and that we could expand the mineralization through planned trenching and drilling program.
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We are on the way implementing our #zerowaste strategy and joining forces with GP Papenburg and Schwenk Zement in preparation for the commercial use of by-products from #lithium production.
Our goal: to use alumosilicate in a resource-efficient way. #resourceefficiency
ALT Rock Tech's Press Release on closer Cooperation with Schwenk And Papenburg to commercially use by-products from lithium processing
Für alle, die Fragen zur "Genehmigung zum vorzeitigen Beginn" für unseren #Guben#Converter haben: Désirée Schulte erklärt nochmal das Verfahren und den Sachstand.
#christmas2022 is a time of giving, and we’d like to give you a huge thanks for being our supporters.
We hope that the new year exceeds your expectations and our joint way forward will continue to be successful. Have a happy holiday season and #NewYear!
Another #milestone#achievement: The #Guben#lithium#converter study has been completed.
✳ est. pre-tax NPV (8%) of USD 1,219m
✳ est. pre-tax IRR of 24%
✳ est. #revenue of ca. USD 14,872m over 25-years
✳ early construction in Q1’2023 start of commissioning Q2’2025
Securing and managing credit lines and streamlining global finance organizations – these are two of our new #CFO Sonja Rossteuscher key competencies and the reason why we are glad to have her onboard.
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