First lithium-to-battery production facility in North America takes off Tesla proposed its lithium refinery for either Texas or Louisiana ... eight times as much water as Robstown, a neighboring town ...

Texas — an area so dry the local water company distributes shower timers at high school football games — the world’s richest man is nearly done building a lithium refinery that could require ...

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On the South Texas coast, the city of Corpus Christi ... Tesla is completing construction on the nation’s first large-scale lithium refinery. The facility plans to use a million gallons of ...

People concerned about a lithium ... don't want a refinery in the community, "that's fine." "If the community doesn't support it, I will stand with them to get it out of town," Hays said.

Mayor Patrick Cale said he supports Muskogee’s proposed lithium refinery after residents expressed concerns at a Friday meeting. People concerned about a lithium refinery set to open in south Muskogee ...

"That’s all we’ve heard, is jobs, jobs, jobs. We have not heard any of the impacts." 2 News Oklahoma's Braden Bates spoke ...

Back in 2023, Tesla broke ground on a Texas lithium refinery. At the time, Musk said the refinery would produce enough battery-grade lithium for 1 million electric vehicles by 2025.