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MP looks at pilot plant progress

MP looks at pilot plant progress

Local MP Steve Double toured the pilot plant being built by British Lithium near St Austell. The pilot plant will be the first in the UK to make lithium carbonate directly from rocks mined in Cornwall.  As the Conservative Member of Parliament for St Austell and...
Maths – facing the fear and having a go

Maths – facing the fear and having a go

Julie McNaughton, 49, from Gwinear, is doing English and Maths GCSE this year. She’s a senior Cornwall Care home manager who has never liked exams but needs to pass them for her assistant practitioner course. “I lost my original certificates,” says Julie. “I think...
Patent pending for British Lithium invention

Patent pending for British Lithium invention

After three years of intensive research and development, Cornwall-based British Lithium has invented a low-energy, chemical-free process for physically separating the mica in granite that contains lithium.  Innovate UK funded part of the necessary research and...
Singer fundraises for home

Singer fundraises for home

St Austell-based singer Mand Bennett has been keeping herself busy during lockdown by entertaining audiences online and raising money for Cornwall Care’s Penberthy home in Newquay. The self-employed singer was doing gigs in pubs, clubs and other venues before the...