ExxonMobil and Tetra Technologies may announce as soon as today plans to start producing lithium at a facility near the Columbia-Lafayette county line.
Companies with ties to energy giant ExxonMobil have moved into Columbia and Lafayette counties as the search for lithium – a vital element in electric vehicle batteries – intensifies.
Saltwerx LLC of The Spring, TX, has been issued permits to drill three wildcat wells in Columbia and Lafayette counties for possible lithium production.