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  • Production of lithium for batteries
  • Creation of a plant in Alsace

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Lithium: Viridian confirms its presence in Alsace 26/07/2024

  • - Planned plant site area: 14 hectares with a reserve of a further 6 hectares
  • - Viridian Lithium foundation year: 2021
  • - Number of tonnes of battery-grade lithium hydroxide monohydrate targeted for initial production per year from 2027: 28,500 tonnes
  • - Production target: meet demand to produce two million electric vehicles a year
  • - Number of direct jobs created: 250

Viridian chooses the Grand Est region to build its lithium plant 27/06/2022

  • Viridian Lithium to build a lithium hydroxide plant in Lauterbourg (Bas-Rhin) to meet strong demand from the automotive industry
  • an investment of 160 million euros
  • Viridian's objective is to produce 25,000 tonnes of lithium hydroxide per year, equivalent to 500,000 car battery packs
  • In Lauterbourg, the group has access to a 20-hectare industrial site that has already been developed, with multimodal access to the river
  • Viridian could create up to 600 jobs, mainly outsourced
  • The aim is to reach a capacity of 100,000 tonnes of lithium by 2031
  • A significant proportion of ore supplies will be sourced in South America
  • The spot price of lithium is highly volatile, around $70,000 per tonne

Studies mentioning this company

The battery market - France

Other companies mentioned:

  • Tesla
  • CATL
  • LG Chem
  • Theion
  • Verkor
  • Viridian Lithium
  • Green Corp Konnection GCK
  • Vulcan Energy
  • Blue Solutions (Bolloré Groupe)
  • Alteo
  • Iten
  • Panasonic
  • Tiamat Energy
  • Eramet
  • Tyva Energie
  • Li-Cycle
  • Limatech
  • Inocel
  • Glencore
  • Neogy (Startec Energy Groupe)
  • GS Yuasa
  • BYD
  • Foresee Power
  • Batteries Prod
  • Vélo Batterie- Batteries Prod
  • Toyota
  • Stellantis (Groupe PSA et Fiat)
  • Volkswagen Group
  • Audi (Volkswagen Group)
  • Tata Group
  • Bolloré
  • Mecaware
  • Nawa Technologies
  • BMW
  • Samsung Group
  • SK Group Korea
  • Nissan
  • Arkema groupe
  • Mob-Energy
  • Batconnect
  • Hydrovolt
  • Wattalps
  • Vlad
The lithium market - France

Other companies mentioned:

  • Vulcan Energy
  • Lithium de France (Arverne Groupe)
  • Viridian Lithium
  • Imerys
  • Adionics