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Captura and ElectraLith plan US pilot plants for lower-energy lithium
The partners aim for battery-grade lithium hydroxide or carbonate at purities above 99.5%, with pilot plant commissioning planned for early 2027.
Captura and ElectraLith are partnering to combine their extraction and refining technologies in two pilot plants intended to help meet growing US lithium demand more efficiently, Mining.com reports.
The agreement integrates Captura’s bipolar membrane electrodialysis stacks with ElectraLith’s direct lithium extraction and refining technology, known as DLE-R. ElectraLith expects to take BMED stacks from Captura over an initial five-year period.
ElectraLith’s DLE-R is designed to produce battery-grade lithium hydroxide or carbonate from a range of resources at purity levels above 99.5%. Captura says its electrochemical platform is intended to lower energy consumption and capital costs by separating and converting materials using its BMED technology.
The two pilot plants are set to commission in early 2027, a planned milestone to test how well the combined approach can operate at commercial scale. ElectraLith received stacks for the commercial-scale pilot plants in June, Mining.com adds.