A plant to concentrate the ore as it leaves the mine
After extraction comes the concentration stage, which consists of separating the minerals contained in the granite: lithiniferous mica, quartz, feldspar and other accessory minerals. In the case of the EMILI project, concentration would be carried out in a plant on the Beauvoir site.
The concentration plant would produce:
Electrical connection of the mine and plant by RTE
As co-project owner, RTE, the public electricity transmission system operator, will be responsible for routing the electricity to the mine - which will require the creation of a 63,000 volt underground link between two substations, around 14 kilometers apart and spanning four municipalities: Bellenaves, Coutansouze, Lalizolle and Échassières. Although the final route has not yet been defined, the use of the road network (tracks, local and departmental roads) seems to be a suitable solution. The land in the study area, which is crossed by departmental road 987, is mainly covered with forest, in particular, the Colette's national forest.
