From Joe Tegtmeyer.
I finally got the chance to get down to the Corpus Christi Lithium Plant and get an update on the progress of construction!
My last flight was in June, so about 4 months have now passed and we see steady progress assembling the first half o the main processing plant, plus the large raw materials structure and preparations for the second half of the plant. This second part is most likely going to see major construction later in 2025 while the first half is gearing up for an early 2025 initial production target.
The big changes over the past four months include most of the superstructure & equipment installed for the first half of the main processing plant, consolidation of construction across most of the site, electrical & water services for the facilities are now functional & the huge raw materials processing structure is completed, and the conveyor systems have been installed.
In the video introduction, I discuss many of the significant changes to look for throughout the video, including some illustrations and other amplifying information about the general layout of the lithium plant and how it will operate.
Timestamps:
Introduction & overview with discussion & illustrations: 0:06 to 3:40
Lithium Plant Drone Flight & Narration: 3:55 to 16:16
A few additional highlights:
The rotating kiln and cooler assemblies on top of the massive foundations is making great progress on the first half of the production facility, with a lot of supporting structures already assembled and installed around these two gigantic “tubes” that form part of the pyrometallurgical portion of the processing portion of the facility.
Clamshells and associated hardware have been installed around the rotating cooler which is most likely related to maintaining the correct temperature necessary to transform Spodumene Concentrate 6 from the alpha (inert) to beta (reactive) material ready for the next step in the processing.
Much of the hydrometallurgical portion of the first half of the facility is nearing completion, including the installation of most of the large tanks necessary for this stage of processing.
Finally, the new electrical substation to supply electricity to the site is now functional on the far north end of the facility, and we can see new power poles along a dirt road to the north which connect to the new substation to the Lithium Plant. This is a critical part of getting the facility operational.
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Drones used are DJI Mini 2, Mavic Air 2 & Air 3.
