Facility

Imerys British Lithium Pilot and Proposed Plant

Primary-source record for Imerys British Lithium Pilot and Proposed Plant. The qualifying line is modeled at the physical grain supported by the cited source, with lithium-hard-rock-ore as input and battery-grade-lithium-carbonate as output. Current state was rechecked for the Phase 2 launch-date sweep on 2026-08-18.

Facts on this page last re-verified Aug 18, 2026 — the oldest verification date among its current claims. How we verify.

Location: St Austell, Cornwall, United Kingdom

Lithium chemicals

Imerys British Lithium Pilot and Proposed Plant qualifying line

Operating

Integrated mica-ore processing and conversion to battery-grade lithium carbonate at pilot scale

Material flow

Lithium-Bearing Hard-Rock Ore → Battery-Grade Lithium Carbonate

Capacity

No capacity claim. Absence of a figure means no source publishes one.

Qualification

Commercial production · The cited primary source identifies the line output as battery grade or battery quality. · Nov 26, 2023

Sources

UK Department for Business and Trade · published Nov 26, 2023 · retrieved Aug 18, 2026 · archive