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Teesside has long been a powerhouse of British industry. Today, it is one of the UK’s most strategically connected industrial zones and a growing hub for clean energy innovation, home to projects like BP’s hydrogen facility, large-scale battery storage, and the Dogger Bank wind farm.
The £185 million refinery converts high-value lithium feedstock into battery-grade lithium hydroxide monohydrate, the chemistry Europe's cell makers specify for high-performance EV batteries. Production starts at 25,000 tonnes per annum and scales across four trains to over 100,000 tonnes per annum: enough for 550,000 electric vehicles a year from Phase 1, and beyond 2 million at full capacity.
Train 1 runs Veolia's commercially validated process technology: the same conventional route proven at commercial scale in operating refineries worldwide. No first-of-a-kind technology risk stands between us and first production.
TVL combines some of the world's lowest projected capital and operating costs, independently confirmed through FEED as the lowest like-for-like capital cost in Europe. That is what gives Tier 1 customers competitively priced access to the European lithium market and a proven path to cut their dependency on China.
Our site at New Road, Billingham sits inside a chemical cluster with over a century of continuous process-industry operation. Steam, power, water, effluent treatment and pipeline corridors already exist; Teesport, one of the UK's deepest ports, is minutes away for feedstock in and product out; and the plant runs on 100% certified renewable electricity, with access to offshore wind at scale. Shared infrastructure is a large part of why our capital cost is the lowest in Europe.
Deepwater port connections enable streamlined import/export logistics across international markets.
Road and rail networks offer fast, direct access across the UK and into key European regions.
Backed by a highly capable regional talent pool and strong community support for industrial innovation.
Powered by 100% renewable electricity accessed via existing power infrastructure.
Deepwater port connections enable streamlined import/export logistics across international markets.
Road and rail networks offer fast, direct access across the UK and into key European regions.
Backed by a highly capable regional talent pool and strong community support for industrial innovation.
Powered by 100% renewable electricity accessed via existing power infrastructure.
Deepwater port connections enable streamlined import/export logistics across international markets.
Road and rail networks offer fast, direct access across the UK and into key European regions.
Backed by a highly capable regional talent pool and strong community support for industrial innovation.
Powered by 100% renewable electricity accessed via existing power infrastructure.