Lithium Australia cathode powder plant to produce samples for China battery makers
Wholly-owned subsidiary VSPC Ltd owns and operates the Brisbane facility.
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Livium Ltd is Australia’s leading battery recycler through its wholly owned subsidiary Envirostream — a profitable business focused on the recovery of valuable materials from end-of-life batteries.
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Wholly-owned subsidiary VSPC Ltd owns and operates the Brisbane facility.
The company aims to convert mine waste into lithium-ion batteries, a world-first.
Recent drilling at Sadisdorf showed the project's lithium resource growth potential.
The company’s proprietary SiLeach® process will now progress to a stage II trial which starts next week.
The factory opening ceremony will be live-streamed from 2 pm EST tomorrow.
Brisbane cathode powder pilot plant to be commissioned on September 6, 2018.
The company is advancing a scoping study to unlock the project using its proprietary SiLeach® process.
The company continues to test its 100%-owned SiLeach® processing technology.
Delivery of VSPC’s lithium-iron-phosphate battery cathode material is expected to begin later this year.
The enhancements will reduce capital and operating costs and improve product quality.
The company plans to complete a scoping study at Sadisdorf by October 2018.
High-grade rock chip sample assays follow the recent first five grab samples.
The Eichigt project is close to the company's Sadisdorf lithium project also in Germany.
Potential customers will be able to test the cathode powder products from September.
The Medcalf prospect adds to potential of the company’s Lake Johnson Lithium Project in the Yilgarn Block.
A maiden resource at Sadisdorf was estimated in December 2017 using historical data.
The inferred resource at Sadisdorf in Germany now stands at 25 million tonnes grading 0.45% lithium.
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Value-adding proposals present more opportunities for lithium explorers, developers and producers.
The hydrometallurgical process is aimed at extracting lithium and valuable by-products at commercial scale from lithium micas.
Pegmatites have been identified in the region around the Moolyella tin field.