{"id":1632,"date":"2023-03-22T13:09:32","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T18:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elephanteardesign.com\/cced\/?p=1632"},"modified":"2023-03-25T07:41:37","modified_gmt":"2023-03-25T12:41:37","slug":"albemarle-corporation-selects-chester-county-for-south-carolina-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elephanteardesign.com\/cced\/albemarle-corporation-selects-chester-county-for-south-carolina-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"Albemarle Corporation Selects Chester County for South Carolina Operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.albemarle.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Albemarle Corporation<\/a>\u00a0(Albemarle), a global leader in transforming essential resources such as lithium and bromine into critical ingredients for mobility, energy, connectivity and health, today announced plans to establish South Carolina operations in Chester County. The company will invest at least $1.3 billion and create more than 300 new jobs to construct a new \u201cMega-Flex\u201d lithium hydroxide processing facility. This facility will support the surging demand for electric vehicles and other energy storage applications that use lithium-ion batteries.<\/p>\n<p>Albemarle is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina and partners with customers to pioneer new ways to move, power, connect and protect, building a more resilient world where people and the planet thrive.<\/p>\n<p>Situated on nearly 800 acres near Richburg, Albemarle\u2019s new \u201cMega-Flex\u201d conversion facility will support the fast-growing global electric vehicle and energy storage markets. The term \u201cMega-Flex\u201d refers to the facility\u2019s ability to process diverse lithium feedstock, including lithium from recycled batteries. The new facility is expected to annually produce approximately 50,000 metric tons of battery-grade lithium hydroxide from multiple sources, with the potential to reach up to 100,000 metric tons.<\/p>\n<p>Construction is expected to begin in 2024. Individuals interested in joining the Albemarle team should visit the company\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.albemarle.com\/careers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">careers page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Coordinating Council for Economic Development approved job development credits related to this project. The council also awarded a $9 million Rural Infrastructure Fund (RIF) grant to Chester County to assist with the costs of mitigation, site preparation and infrastructure improvements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Albemarle Corporation\u00a0(Albemarle), a global leader in transforming essential resources such as lithium and bromine into critical ingredients for mobility, energy, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1655,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elephanteardesign.com\/cced\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elephanteardesign.com\/cced\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elephanteardesign.com\/cced\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elephanteardesign.com\/cced\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elephanteardesign.com\/cced\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1632"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/elephanteardesign.com\/cced\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1690,"href":"https:\/\/elephanteardesign.com\/cced\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632\/revisions\/1690"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elephanteardesign.com\/cced\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elephanteardesign.com\/cced\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elephanteardesign.com\/cced\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elephanteardesign.com\/cced\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}