The collaboration supports Charlotte-based Albemarle’s efforts to establish Kings Mountain as the first-ever zero-emissions lithium mine site in North America. Caterpillar, based in Irving ...

Albemarle has about 300 employees working in Kings Mountain now and expects to grow to 440 permanent, full-time positions once the mine is operational, Albemarle spokesman Ryan Dean said.

A North Carolina lawmaker is asking for federal help to keep an eye on air quality near a planned lithium mine in the Kings Mountain area outside of Charlotte. Congressman Tim Moore wrote a letter ...

CHARLOTTE – The Department of Defense has committed $90 million to revive the Kings Mountain mine that closed in 1988, but could contain five million tons of lithium, bolstering the military’s ...

Charlotte, NC 28289-6890 Tax ID: 56-1803808. Menu. 90.7 Charlotte 93.7 Southern Pines 90.3 Hickory 106.1 Laurinburg. ... Albemarle formally acquired the long-closed Kings Mountain mine in 2015.

Albemarle’s Kings Mountain lithium mine site in Kings Mountain, N.C., on Tuesday, December 5, 2023. Khadejeh Nikouyeh Knikouyeh@charlotteobserver.com ...

Albemarle is working to reopen the old Kings Mountain lithium mine, ... Charlotte, NC 28289-6890 Tax ID: 56-1803808. Menu. 90.7 Charlotte 93.7 Southern Pines 90.3 Hickory 106.1 Laurinburg.

KINGS MOUNTAIN, N.C. — A smell has been lingering around Kings Mountain for weeks now. According to our partners at The Charlotte Observer, a dormant lithium mine is to blame.

Ellen Lenny-Pessagno, Global Vice President for External Affairs and Sustainability for Albemarle, talks about a graphic showing how lithium is used at Albemarle’s Kings Mountain lithium mine ...

Albemarle has about 300 employees working in Kings Mountain now and expects to grow to 440 permanent, full-time positions once the mine is operational, Albemarle spokesman Ryan Dean said.