City of Athens
28 Sep 2022
News
Piedmont Lithium will establish a lithium hydroxide processing, refining and manufacturing facility in Piedmont, Tennessee. The $582 million project is expected to create 117 jobs in McMinn County.
The plant will be located at the North Etowah Industrial Park, a CSX and Select Tennessee Certified Site. The facility will utilize more environmentally responsible and economic processing technology, supporting Piedmont’s objective of becoming a large, low-cost, sustainable producer of lithium products, according to company officials.