Tag: refinery
Fire at Marathon Petroleum refinery in Texas kills worker
Tesla’s new Texas lithium refinery to support 1M electric vehicles by 2025
Tesla officially broke ground Monday on a Texas lithium refinery, making it the only U.S. automaker to refine its own lithium. CEO Elon Musk said the refinery will produce enough battery grade lithium for 1 million electric vehicles by 2025, which would make Tesla the largest processor of lithium in North America. Tesla will continue […]
Tesla’s new Texas lithium refinery to support 1M electric vehicles by 2025 by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
Asteroid mining startup AstroForge will test its metal refinery tech in space this year
Asteroid mining startup AstroForge will head to space twice this year, as it attempts to do what no other company has been able to before: unlock the potentially limitless value of precious minerals in deep space. When TechCrunch covered AstroForge’s seed round last April, we noted that the company was planning a demonstration mission sometime […]
Asteroid mining startup AstroForge will test its metal refinery tech in space this year by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch