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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Alex Lawson

UK’s first lithium refinery to be built in boost for electric car industry

The production line at Nissan Sunderland in north-east England
The production line at Nissan Sunderland in north-east England. Photograph: Richard Saker/The Guardian

Britain’s first lithium refinery is to be built on Teesside in an effort to boost the UK’s electric car supply chain despite uncertainty over the future of the industry.

Green Lithium, which is backed by the commodities trading giant Trafigura, will build a £600m refinery for the battery material at PD Ports’ Teesport, the UK’s fifth-largest port.

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