Posted Nov 2, 2020, 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by N90
There will be no refineries.
Look at pictures of Tesla Gigafactory Nevada, Tesla's lithium ion battery production facility in Nevada and you'll see that Tesla doesn't do the whole refinery thing. Factories? Yes. Refineries, nah.
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The lithium refinery plans for Giga Texas were first mentioned in this previously posted article:
https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/me...d-spodumene-2/
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Tesla will build a lithium hydroxide chemical plant in Texas in what is the first move by an automotive company into lithium chemical production, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence can confirm.
The EV maker will build a spodumene conversion facility adjacent to the Terafactory / Gigafactory 5 in Austin, Texas in what has a typically aggressive start up target of Q4 2022.
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