Principal Metallurgist

The Company

Principal Metallurgist - Imerys British Lithium

The Role

The purpose of the role is to lead the development, scale-up and design of Imerys British Lithium's novel process technologies for extracting lithium from micaceous granites. The role is accountable for the successful integration of beneficiation process technologies into the process design for the British Lithium Project.

This will involve leading dialogue with external parties, design engineers, and project stakeholders in defining, specifying and de-risking the process technology that will deliver lithium carbonate products to the market.

A key aspect of this role will be to lead the process development, scale-up and derisking of the comminution and beneficiation process technologies and operating conditions as they are transferred through to commercial implementation.

The Group

The world’s leading supplier of mineral-based specialty solutions for industry with 14,000 employees, operations in more than 40 countries, and €4.3 billion in revenue in 2022.

Imerys delivers high-value-added, functional solutions to a great number of sectors, from processing industries to consumer goods. The Group draws on its understanding of applications, technological knowledge and expertise in material science to deliver solutions by beneficiating its mineral resources, synthetic minerals and formulations. Imerys’ solutions contribute essential properties to customers’ products and their performance, including heat resistance, hardness, conductivity, opacity, durability, purity, lightness, filtration, absorption and water repellency. Imerys is determined to develop responsibly, in particular by fostering the emergence of environmentally-friendly products and processes.

If you want to grow your skills and develop your career, find out more at www.imerys.com

The Company - Imerys British Lithium

Imerys British Lithium (IBL) is a joint venture between Imerys S.A. and Lithium Assets Ltd., formerly British Lithium, developing a world class micaceous lithium resource in Cornwall. IBL have developed unique, patented technology for the sustainable recovery of battery grade lithium carbonate from micaceous granite, with the goal of building the world’s first integrated lithium mine, beneficiation plant and refinery producing 20,000tpa of lithium carbonate enough to support production in the UK of 350,000 electric vehicles per year.

For further information on the position including a full job description, please contact richard.townsend@imerys.com

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