Vulcan Energy produces first battery-quality lithium hydroxide from Zero Carbon Lithium pilot operations
2021-09-28 13:56:21 [Print]
Australian-based Vulcan Energy Resources' chemical engineering team has successfully produced its first battery-quality lithium hydroxide monohydrate (LHM) from piloting operations. The LHM was produced from Vulcan's sorption pilot plant, located at a geothermal renewable energy plant in the Upper Rhine Valley in Germany, as per Vulcan's planned commercial Zero Carbon Lithium Project.
The sample exceeds traditional battery-grade LHM product including best on the market battery-grade specifications required from offtake customers, at >56.5% LiOH.H2O and very low impurities.
Further production of battery quality material will continue to ramp up to supply Vulcan's offtake partners with samples. Vulcan is targeting Phase 1 commercial production for CY2024.
The sample exceeds traditional battery-grade LHM product including best on the market battery-grade specifications required from offtake customers, at >56.5% LiOH.H2O and very low impurities.
Further production of battery quality material will continue to ramp up to supply Vulcan's offtake partners with samples. Vulcan is targeting Phase 1 commercial production for CY2024.
Lithium Hydroxide Monohydrate LiOH 56.5%min, Magnets 0.0001%max Delivered China
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China lithium hydroxide monohydrate producers; inventory to production ratio statistics by province by month
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