John Walker , Piedmont, British Lithium, IMERYS Lithium Cornwall9 Sep 2022 17:45
Atlantic Lithium actual have high grade spodumene supply that can be coarse crushed to 10mm due to quality of lithium within the raw feed and no plans to build a plant to process to Lithium Carbonate or Hydroxide , where will they ship the initial years tonnage ?
Piedmont does not have processing coming online until 2025 in Georgia & new Tennessee factory? See John Walker .
Piedmont ex biproducts Manager is now the CEO of Alkemy Capital / Tees Valley Lithium who are due to open the plant , the first in Europe Q4 2023 Q1 2024.
Alkemy Capital Investments announced the appointment of John Walker as CEO of Alkemy’s newly formed wholly owned subsidiary Tees Valley Lithium Ltd, effective immediately.
"John has more than 30 years of leadership experience in the mining and advanced materials processing industries. Most recently he has been providing strategic advice to ASX listed Piedmont Lithium in the USA and served as Chairman of Exawatt which provides strategic consultancy services to the battery industry."
Also involved in Cornwall for Quartz ....
"Prior to this he served as CEO of The Quartz Corporation (a joint venture between IMERYS and Norsk Mineral), a mining and processing company that supplies the world’s highest-purity quartz to the solar, semiconductor and fibreoptic markets.
John was a key player in driving The Quartz Corporation’s business development, growing the company from a new entrant to the second-largest player in the high-purity quartz market.
His experience will further strengthen Tees Valley Lithium’s ability to execute its strategy to build the UK’s first battery grade Lithium Hydroxide refinery."
So also in with BRITISH LITHIUM & IMERYS "British Lithium has appointed John Walker as strategic advisor.
Walker started his career at Imerys in St Austell in 1990. He went on to become general manager of the company’s tableware division in Belgium, before moving to the US and taking charge of Imerys North American Ceramics.
In 2011, he joined The Quartz Corp (TQC) and led the implementation of a significant expansion of the company’s production capacity and was subsequently appointed as CEO. TQC is a joint venture between Imerys and Norsk Mineral that supplies high-purity quartz to the solar, semiconductor and optical markets. Over six years in that role, Walker oversaw TQC’s development from new entrant to a global market leader.
He will draw on his wealth of experience to assist BLL as the company moves towards production, which also includes his role as chairman of Exawatt, a provider of strategic consulting and research in the battery, power electronics, electric vehicle and solar photovoltaic (PV) industries.
“We’re delighted to welcome John to our team,” said BLL chief executive Andrew Smith.
“He has enormous expertise in our sector, knows Cornwall well and has the knowledge and contacts we need to help BLL progress from meticulous analysis and economic feasibility to operational status
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