Clean energy investor Glenlith has hired outgoing Albemarle executive John Mitchell to run its Chilean cobalt subsidiary. Mitchell has run Albemarle’s lithium business since two years when it acquired smaller rival Rockwood Holdings. Mitchell’s exit from Albemarle surprised the industry. Albemarle rival Orocobre has been searching for a new CEO, but Mitchell's contract bars him from working for a direct rival for 2015.
Clean energy investor Glenlith has hired outgoing Albemarle executive John Mitchell to run its Chilean cobalt subsidiary. Mitchell has run Albemarle’s lithium business since 2015 when it acquired smaller rival Rockwood Holdings. Mitchell’s exit from Albemarle surprised the industry. Albemarle rival Orocobre has been searching for a new CEO, but Mitchell's contract bars him from working for a direct rival for two years.