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Lithium
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Environmentally friendly brine pond
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Cyprus Foote Mineral Company pioneered the production and development of lithium early in this century and became the first company to produce lithium on a commercial scale from brine. Cyprus Foote now has the largest productive capacity for lithium and largest known reserves in the world. Cyprus Foote, headquartered in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, is the world's low-cost producer of lithium carbonate.
Cyprus Foote produces lithium, the lightest metal with the highest energy potential, from deposits in the Salar de Atacama in northern Chile and in western Nevada in the United States.
Processing plants in Chile, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Nevada produce lithium compounds and metal for a variety of uses.
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Workers at a brine pond in Chile
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These include lithium based products used in greases, plastics, synthetic rubber, pharmaceuticals, air conditioning and dehumidification, ceramics and glass, aluminum and light alloys. Battery products based on lithium provide power for a wide variety of systems and emerging fuel cell technology using lithium will be an important new power source in the future. Many of these applications are on the leading edge of today's technology.
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Processing facility at Silver Peak, Nevada
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Research and development teams continually explore opportunities for new downstream value-added products. All of Cyprus Foote's products contribute to countless manufacturers in the U.S. and in the world community and these companies in turn contribute to the vitality of their local communities.
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