LONDON, UK: Alkemy Capital Investments introduced the appointment of John Walker as CEO of Alkemy’s newly formed wholly owned subsidiary Tees Valley Lithium Ltd, efficient immediately.
John has greater than 30 years of management expertise within the mining and superior supplies processing industries. Most recently he has been offering strategic recommendation to ASX listed Piedmont Lithium within the USA and served as Chairman of Exawatt which provides strategic consultancy services to the battery industry.
Prior to this he served as CEO of The Quartz Corporation (a three way partnership between IMERYS and Norsk Mineral), a mining and processing firm that provides the world’s highest-purity quartz to the solar, semiconductor and fibreoptic markets.
John was a key participant in driving The Quartz Corporation’s enterprise development, rising the corporate from a brand new entrant to the second-largest participant within the high-purity quartz market.
His expertise will additional strengthen Tees Valley Lithium’s ability to execute its technique to construct the UK’s first battery grade Lithium Hydroxide refinery.
Sam Quinn (Director) commented: “We are thrilled that John has joined Tees Valley Lithium as CEO. John’s deep experience, ardour and clear thinking will be huge assets as we additional our plan to be the primary UK producer of Lithium Hydroxide.”
John Walker commented: “I’m very excited to be becoming a member of Tees Valley Lithium as CEO. We are looking to set up world class Lithium Hydroxide manufacturing within the Wilton International Chemicals Park within the Teesside Freeport to present the burgeoning demand from Gigafactories within the UK and Europe.
Currently China processes 90% of the world’s Lithium Hydroxide. Tees Valley will import excessive worth intermediate lithium merchandise with a low carbon footprint from across the world and present customers within the UK and Europe with an independent and sustainable present of battery-grade Lithium Hydroxide.
Tees Valley Lithium is aiming to present 15% of Europe’s demand by 2030. We are happy to be bringing again excessive worth manufacturing to the UK and securing the critical minerals for our journey to Net Zero.”
www.alkemycapital.co.uk