Alabama Graphite

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Westwater Resources CEO and president Chris Jones (left) speaks to Alexander City mayor Woody Baird following Gov. Kay Ivey's announcement.

In 2012, Canadian company Alabama Graphite Corp. began prospecting in Coosa County in an area that hadn't been mined since World War II. After six years of generating excitement among local officials, however, the company failed to get the financing, sold to Colorado-based Westwater Resources and "The Coosa Project" went quiet.

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Lake Martin Area Economic Development Alliance

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Lake Martin Area Economic Development Alliance director Chad Odom, chairman Commissioner T.C. Coley and Rep. Ed Oliver attend Gov. Kay Ivey's announcement of the new Alabama Graphite Products plant. 

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