Hurricane Helene wasn’t ‘orchestrated’ to seize land for lithium mining in North Carolina
North Carolina has no active lithium mines. Two companies, Piedmont Lithium and Albemarle Corp., plan to open lithium mines in the state in the coming years. Neither project is in Asheville, one of the cities the hurricane hit hardest. Both are mines planned in areas about 25 to 30 miles west of Charlotte.