Cornish joint venture company GeoCubed has chosen GeoLith SAS for its direct lithium extraction (DLE) technology to use in the £4 million pilot plant due to be commissioned by the end of March 2022 in Cornwall. The pilot plant will process 140 metres3 of deep geothermal water which Geothermal Engineering Ltd (GEL) said it had obtained […]
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Cornish Lithium builds geothermal test site and plant
Cornish Lithium Ltd has completed construction of its geothermal water test site and installation of its first demonstration plant at United Downs, Cornwall. Founder and chief executive Jeremy Wrathall said that the results from test work at the site would inform the development of a larger pilot plant expected to be built by the end […]
UDDGP geothermal lithium find is ‘globally significant’
The United Downs Deep Geothermal Power (UDDGP) project has found some of the world’s highest grades of lithium and best overall qualities from preliminary sampling in deep geothermal waters in Cornwall. Further sampling is planned before work begins on designing and building a lithium extraction pilot plant. The project, involving Cornish Lithium in collaboration with […]
Cornish Lithium-GEL £4m plant to receive public funds
Cornish Lithium’s collaboration with Geothermal Engineering Ltd (GEL) will receive government funding for a £4 million geothermal recovery plant near Redruth in Cornwall. INVESTMENT The company said that the project would be Europe’s first geothermal lithium recovery pilot plant at GEL’s United Downs Deep Geothermal project (UDDGP). The Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise […]