MP Visits British Lithium Pilot Plant

MP Visits British Lithium Pilot Plant

Local MP Steve Double toured the pilot plant being built by British Lithium near St Austell. The pilot plant will be the first in the UK to make lithium carbonate directly from rocks mined in Cornwall. As the Conservative Member of Parliament for St Austell and...
A Geothermal Alliance of Cornish Companies

A Geothermal Alliance of Cornish Companies

Members of the Cornwall Mining Alliance have formed a Geothermal Alliance to help catalyse the development of shallow geothermal projects in the region, including minewater heat recovery. The Southwest Geothermal Alliance (SGA) has been established to encourage and...
British Lithium makes three key appointments

British Lithium makes three key appointments

A senior geologist, a metallurgist and a principal engineer have started work with the British Lithium Limited (BLL) team in Cornwall. Dr Robert Gruar, Dr Klass Peter Van Der Wielen and Robin Kelly are all experts in their respective fields – adding considerable depth...
Innovate UK Smart Grant for British Lithium

Innovate UK Smart Grant for British Lithium

Roche-based British Lithium Limited (BLL) has been awarded £500,000 of match grant funding from the government to progress its research and development of hard rock lithium extraction in the St Austell area of Cornwall. With an application success rate of around 6 per...