| US Secretary of Treasury Janet Yellen and Governor Roy Cooper visited Bessemer City last Thursday. They were in town to visit the Livent chemical manufacturing facility. The company produces lithium hydroxide, which is used in electric vehicle batteries, among other uses. “I really believe that the long-run investment strategy that we both talked about today, with the improvements we are seeing with really good jobs being created, will make a real difference in people’s level of optimism about where the U.S. economy is going,” Yellen said. While Livent does not mine lithium, Cooper and Yellen were asked if they are supportive of plans to resume lithium mining in the area. Both said they do support mining if it is done responsibly. |
