FROM TRASH TO TREASURE

Lithium plant to have $40 million annual economic impact locally
  • The new $100 million lithium extraction plant will be constructed on an existing Select Water site in Joaquin and will have a workforce of 40 to 50 once it is completed. David Danley | Light and Champion
    The new $100 million lithium extraction plant will be constructed on an existing Select Water site in Joaquin and will have a workforce of 40 to 50 once it is completed. David Danley | Light and Champion
    A temporary diversion of an oilfield byproduct destined for disposal is projected to add as much as $40 million in economic impact to Shelby County through the recovery of lithium from the substance.The byproduct, called produced water and also know as salt water, is water that has been used in the drilling process of oil and gas wells and that has been collected for disposal by injectin...

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