PROCESSING

Sileach plant proves its worth

LITHIUM Australia has produced high-purity battery grade lithium carbonate feed from Lepidolite Hill ore on its Sileach pilot plant with a halogen digestion process, with the company hoping to set a benchmark in spodumene processing and lead a paradigm shift in lithium processing practices.

Karma Barndon
The pilot plant.

The pilot plant.

Operations at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation-hosted Sileach pilot plant refined the Western Australian ore with a bicarbonate-carbonate re-precipitation process. The resultant...

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