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Chinese firm plans $200m lithium processing factory in Nasarawa

Chinese firm plans $200m lithium processing factory in Nasarawa

A Chinese company, Jiuling Lithium Mining Company, says it has concluded plans to invest over $200 million in the establishment of a lithium processing factory in the Endo community in the Nasarawa Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. The representative of the Managing Director of the company, Xiong Jin, disclosed this to Governor Abdullahi Sule during a visit to the factory’s site in the local government on Wednesday. Jin assured the governor of the company’s commitment to building one of the largest lithium mining companies in the state. While giving specific technical details about the size of the factory, Jin mentioned that the company would pay graduates employed to work at the mining site a minimum of N500,000. The Managing Director, however, called for the state government’s support in the