FabSwingers.com forum: Cornish Lithium

By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

Cornwall which has it's own language and has a strong claim to independence is to start mining lithium for batteries. Previously this principality survived by mining tin, catching sardines and producing it's world famous Cornish Ice cream. But will the Cornish get the jobs and will it push up house prices? The mining is in partnership with China. Or as Trump would say.. CHI NA.

What's going on here guys. It's all over the news

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By *phialtesMan
over a year ago

Beyond the Wall

Blame the rise in EV’s

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By *icolerobbieCouple
over a year ago

walsall

Don’t forget the pasties Tom.

You can’t be a Cornish miner and not have a pastie. Even if they taste like shite.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"But will the Cornish get the jobs and will it push up house prices?"

I'll have to get a Newquay cut.

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By *he Silver FuxMan
over a year ago

Uttoxeter

Cornish miner reporting the Billion dollar find of high grade lithium ore…

“Ere ‘tis”

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By *erry bull1Man
over a year ago

doncaster

"Cornwall which has it's own language and has a strong claim to independence is to start mining lithium for batteries. Previously this principality survived by mining tin, catching sardines and producing it's world famous Cornish Ice cream. But will the Cornish get the jobs and will it push up house prices? The mining is in partnership with China. Or as Trump would say.. CHI NA.

What's going on here guys. It's all over the news"
a chance for England to shine by holding other countries to ransom over the price

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By *ild_oatsMan
over a year ago

the land of saints & sinners

It’s not news….Lithium was discovered in Cornwall in the 1860’s … Do try and keep up..

Just hasn’t been exploited till now.

They are only pilot plants at the moment no commercial mining has started yet.

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By *ansoffateMan
over a year ago

Sagittarius A

Don't be silly we got rid of all that silliness in the 80s. We are now reaping the rewards. Look at how our economy is shining.

You need to produce things for a stable economy

what idiots.

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By *icolerobbieCouple
over a year ago

walsall

They better be careful digging holes in Cornwall, they might create a weak point and it could break off and float away.

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By *he Silver FuxMan
over a year ago

Uttoxeter

"They better be careful digging holes in Cornwall, they might create a weak point and it could break off and float away."

The celebrations by locals of such an event would last months.

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By *ild_oatsMan
over a year ago

the land of saints & sinners

"They better be careful digging holes in Cornwall, they might create a weak point and it could break off and float away."

That would not be such a bad thing….

Might get rid of all the second home owners here that have pushed up house prices and have made home ownership unaffordable here for a large part of the local population.

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By *icolerobbieCouple
over a year ago

walsall

"They better be careful digging holes in Cornwall, they might create a weak point and it could break off and float away.

That would not be such a bad thing….

Might get rid of all the second home owners here that have pushed up house prices and have made home ownership unaffordable here for a large part of the local population."

The house prices might drop when Cornwall is drifting half way across the Atlantic….

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By *ndycoinsMan
over a year ago

Whaley Bridge,Nr Buxton,

"They better be careful digging holes in Cornwall, they might create a weak point and it could break off and float away.

That would not be such a bad thing….

Might get rid of all the second home owners here that have pushed up house prices and have made home ownership unaffordable here for a large part of the local population."

And brought money into the area themselves or by the tourists they rent out to,also the conversions that put another property into council tax and the extensions that move a property up a band,creating more council revenue that the locals benefit from.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Check out how many tons of earth need to be extracted for each battery car.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"They better be careful digging holes in Cornwall, they might create a weak point and it could break off and float away.

That would not be such a bad thing….

Might get rid of all the second home owners here that have pushed up house prices and have made home ownership unaffordable here for a large part of the local population.

Yes. All the locals with no home, who have to move out of the area, or live in a caravan or with their parents are really benefitting from the councils reaping the tourist dollar. I don't think you can lay claim to council support in the county of your birth, if you have had move to another county to find a house!

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"Check out how many tons of earth need to be extracted for each battery car. "

Gosh. If they mine and Cornwall becomes wobbly, removing all that earth will make it lighter and it might actually float off into the air! I hope they've done the geology

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

"Check out how many tons of earth need to be extracted for each battery car.

Gosh. If they mine and Cornwall becomes wobbly, removing all that earth will make it lighter and it might actually float off into the air! I hope they've done the geology

Not you again

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By *J2020Man
over a year ago

somewhere

They are doing it by instead of mining in the obvious sense , extracting very large volumes of water from the water table and deeper . Sounds great for the landscape ….. just not so good for the ground water level and those on bore wells and similar . Be prepared to watch the next catastrophe to happen when reservoirs stop filling , the ground dries up .

But don’t worry , someone is getting rich while the population suffers .

I’m not a tree hugger …. We just need to stop pretending that it’s the answer .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Check out how many tons of earth need to be extracted for each battery car.

Gosh. If they mine and Cornwall becomes wobbly, removing all that earth will make it lighter and it might actually float off into the air! I hope they've done the geology

Or it might upset the balance. If tonnes of earth are removed from the west, will that make the east proportionally heavier? Will Kent and East Anglia start to sink?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cornish Lithium sounds like a heavy metal band

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Cornish Lithium sounds like a heavy metal band

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Cornish Lithium sounds like a heavy metal band

they could burn lithium in water for extra style points

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By *ild_oatsMan
over a year ago

the land of saints & sinners

You clearly do not live in Cornwall if believe that nonsense you have spouted or understand the scale of the housing problem here.

House prices in Cornwall are more than the national average… The majority second home owners do not rent their houses as they only are occupied 3/4 weeks of the year.

Communities have been hollowed out by these unoccupied premises. Which in turn push up prices making it unaffordable for locals.

There are jobs in Cornwall but there is a lack of careers….

Give up your job, sell up and move down here and see what you can afford and the sort of work you can find.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Cornish Lithium sounds like a heavy metal band

they could burn lithium in water for extra style points

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and cook Cornish hens

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"Check out how many tons of earth need to be extracted for each battery car.

Gosh. If they mine and Cornwall becomes wobbly, removing all that earth will make it lighter and it might actually float off into the air! I hope they've done the geology

Or it might upset the balance. If tonnes of earth are removed from the west, will that make the east proportionally heavier? Will Kent and East Anglia start to sink?

Bloody nora. The Wash might wash over the whole of East Angular

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

"Check out how many tons of earth need to be extracted for each battery car.

Gosh. If they mine and Cornwall becomes wobbly, removing all that earth will make it lighter and it might actually float off into the air! I hope they've done the geology

Or it might upset the balance. If tonnes of earth are removed from the west, will that make the east proportionally heavier? Will Kent and East Anglia start to sink?

Bloody nora. The Wash might wash over the whole of East Angular

Not you again

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By *ild_oatsMan
over a year ago

the land of saints & sinners

What's going on here guys. It's all over the news"

Firstly it’s a Duchy not a principality

It’s Pilchards not sardines

It was copper, arsenic and tin that was mined as well as China clay that still mined today.

We are more than pasties, ice cream and holidays destination for emmets who don’t know how to drive on our roads.

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By *aul DeUther-OneMan
over a year ago

Sussex

What's going on here guys. It's all over the news"

Chough me! When this news first started doing the rounds, my cynical self thought aaahh yes, but by the time all of the environmental impacts studies, employment projections, personal and third party risk assessment completed, planning permissions granted and recruitment started.... the lithium battery will be obsolete.

Anyway, here's hoping that the people of Cornwall get to keep much more of the wealth than the Scots got from North Sea oil.

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By *aul DeUther-OneMan
over a year ago

Sussex

What's going on here guys. It's all over the news

Anyway, here's hoping that the people of Cornwall get to keep much more of the wealth than the Scots got from North Sea oil."

.... queue a sterling rendition of "Sons of Trelawney"

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By *ild_oatsMan
over a year ago

the land of saints & sinners

What's going on here guys. It's all over the news

Anyway, here's hoping that the people of Cornwall get to keep much more of the wealth than the Scots got from North Sea oil.

.... queue a sterling rendition of "Sons of Trelawney"

It’s actually “Trelawny” …. The Cornish National Anthem.

Or otherwise known as the “The Song of the Western Men”

“A good sword and a trusty hand!

A merry heart and true!

King James's men shall understand

What Cornish lads can do!

And have they fixed the where and when?

And shall Trelawny die?

Here's twenty thousand Cornish men

Will know the reason why!

Chorus:

And shall Trelawny live?

And shall Trelawny die?

Here's twenty thousand Cornish men

Will know the reason why!

Out spake their Captain brave and bold:

A merry wight was he:

'If London Tower were Michael's hold,

We'd set Trelawny free!

'We'll cross the Tamar, land to land:

The Severn is no stay:

With "one and all," and hand in hand;

And who shall bid us nay?

Chorus:

And shall Trelawny live? , etc.

'And when we come to London Wall,

A pleasant sight to view,

Come forth! come forth! ye cowards all:

Here's men as good as you.

'Trelawny he's in keep and hold;

Trelawny he may die:

But twenty thousand Cornish bold

Will know the reason why!'

Chorus:

And shall Trelawny live? , etc.”

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By *ild_oatsMan
over a year ago

the land of saints & sinners

In Cornwall remember that ….

Pasties are crimped round the edge not over the top

It’s always jam first

Things are always done dreckly

Anywhere beyond the Cornish border and Tamar is the North

Plymouth is not in Cornwall.

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

Be thankful we have lithium.

I did read there's a meteor that has enough lithium to keep us going for eternity, but they haven't worked out how to mine it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

* Drawing up contingency plans to invade Cornwall*

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By *lynJMan
over a year ago

Morden

What's going on here guys. It's all over the news"

The partnership is between a British company and a French company. The only bit of china involved is the china clay that the French company mines.

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

What's going on here guys. It's all over the news

The partnership is between a British company and a French company. The only bit of china involved is the china clay that the French company mines."

Don't be fooled Glyn

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By *ild_oatsMan
over a year ago

the land of saints & sinners

What's going on here guys. It's all over the news

The partnership is between a British company and a French company. The only bit of china involved is the china clay that the French company mines.

Don't be fooled Glyn"

GlynJ is correct

It’s a partnership between British Lithium and Imerys S.A. a French multinational mining and minerals company.

Based at the Imerys owned old China clay pit at Stenalees near Roche.

China clay or Kaolinite is a clay mineral that is mined in Cornwall and also in China …. That the only connection.

If you are going to talk about the Duchy at least have some correct knowledge of our home…

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By *lynJMan
over a year ago

Morden

What's going on here guys. It's all over the news

The partnership is between a British company and a French company. The only bit of china involved is the china clay that the French company mines.

Don't be fooled Glyn

GlynJ is correct

It’s a partnership between British Lithium and Imerys S.A. a French multinational mining and minerals company.

Based at the Imerys owned old China clay pit at Stenalees near Roche.

China clay or Kaolinite is a clay mineral that is mined in Cornwall and also in China …. That the only connection.

If you are going to talk about the Duchy at least have some correct knowledge of our home…"

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

Is the clay from China

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By *mf123Man
over a year ago

with one foot out the door

Just cant do it captain we dont have the poower

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By *ild_oatsMan
over a year ago

the land of saints & sinners

"Is the clay from China "

China Clay mined in Australia would be Australian China Clay.

China Clay mined in Brazil would be Brazilian China Clay.

China Clay mined in Bulgaria would be Bulgarian China Clay.

China Clay mined in China would be Chinese China Clay.

China Clay mined in Cornwall would be Cornish China Clay.

I’m sure that you can complete the pattern for the Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Iran, Malaysia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Tanzania, Thailand, United States and Vietnam.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"Is the clay from China

China Clay mined in Australia would be Australian China Clay.

China Clay mined in Brazil would be Brazilian China Clay.

China Clay mined in Bulgaria would be Bulgarian China Clay.

China Clay mined in China would be Chinese China Clay.

China Clay mined in Cornwall would be Cornish China Clay.

I’m sure that you can complete the pattern for the Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Iran, Malaysia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Tanzania, Thailand, United States and Vietnam.

What about Mongolia? Apologies, but not clear from the above

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By *ild_oatsMan
over a year ago

the land of saints & sinners

"Is the clay from China

China Clay mined in Australia would be Australian China Clay.

China Clay mined in Brazil would be Brazilian China Clay.

China Clay mined in Bulgaria would be Bulgarian China Clay.

China Clay mined in China would be Chinese China Clay.

China Clay mined in Cornwall would be Cornish China Clay.

I’m sure that you can complete the pattern for the Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Iran, Malaysia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Tanzania, Thailand, United States and Vietnam.

What about Mongolia? Apologies, but not clear from the above

Can I get back to you on that one……

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By *elvet RopeMan
over a year ago

by the big field

"Is the clay from China "

Not you again?

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By *izredCouple
over a year ago

mid cornwall

"Cornish miner reporting the Billion dollar find of high grade lithium ore…

“Ere ‘tis”"

"Dig it up dreckly shall us?"

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By *lynJMan
over a year ago

Morden

"Cornish miner reporting the Billion dollar find of high grade lithium ore…

“Ere ‘tis”

"Dig it up dreckly shall us?""

Zackly

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