(Source: Shutterstock)
alkaLi, a spin-out of water treatment company Gradiant, said Nov. 12 its EC2 technology demonstrated a groundbreaking 97% lithium recovery rate from salar brines in North America.
alkaLi’s EC2 technology is an all-in-one solution to extract, concentrate and convert battery-grade lithium to meet the accelerating energy demand, the company said.
Testing showed that the EC2 is expected to deliver at least 95% lithium recovery, even with high chemical oxygen demand content. Additionally, Gradiant’s counterflow reverse osmosis technology was able to concentrate lithium to battery-grade levels above 200,000 mg/L.
Beyond lithium, alkaLi said its elemental technology approach adapts the EC2 technology stack to recover a wide range of critical minerals, including copper, nickel, cobalt, manganese, magnesium and iron.
, alkaLi plans to commission, in late November, a custom solution with a global mining company in Western Australia, focusing on nickel and cobalt recovery from mine wastewater.
At another site in Southeast Asia, EC2 is already converting mine wastewater into high-value industrial-grade magnesium sulfate, alkaLi said.
Recommended Reading
Exxon Plans Longest 20,000-Ft Wells on Pioneer’s Midland Asset
2024-11-04 - Exxon Mobil has already drilled some of the longest wells in the New Mexico Delaware Basin. Now, the Texas-based supermajor looks to go longer on Pioneer’s Midland Basin asset.
Permian Resources Closes $820MM Bolt-on of Oxy’s Delaware Assets
2024-09-17 - The Permian Resources acquisition includes about 29,500 net acres, 9,900 net royalty acres and average production of 15,000 boe/d from Occidental Petroleum’s assets in Reeves County, Texas.
Matador May Tap Its Haynesville ‘Gas Bank’ if Prices Stabilize
2024-10-24 - The operator holds 8,900 net Haynesville Shale acres and 14,800 net Cotton Valley acres in northwestern Louisiana, all HBP, that it would drill if gas prices stabilize—or divest for the right price.
VTX Energy Quickly Ramps to 42,000 bbl/d in Southern Delaware Basin
2024-09-24 - VTX Energy’s founder was previously among the leadership that built and sold an adjacent southern Delaware operator, Brigham Resources, for $2.6 billion.
Now, the Uinta: Drillers are Taking Utah’s Oily Stacked Pay Horizontal, at Last
2024-10-04 - Recently unconstrained by new rail capacity, operators are now putting laterals into the oily, western side of this long-producing basin that comes with little associated gas and little water, making it compete with the Permian Basin.
Comments
Add new comment
This conversation is moderated according to Hart Energy community rules. Please read the rules before joining the discussion. If you’re experiencing any technical problems, please contact our customer care team.