News & Highlights
Lithium extraction: prime time for brine
Research Highlight
Sorbents for lithium recovery from sulfate leachates
In the News
Rio Tinto starts production of critical mineral tellurium at Kennecott
Rio Tinto commences lithium production at Boron mine site in California
Forward-osmosis technology concentrates lithium chloride, enabling recovery from geothermal brine
Publications
Parans Paranthaman at Oak Ridge National Laboratory leads the CMI project "Lithium extraction and conversion from brines"
Lithium has been identified as one of the near-critical elements and is essential for U.S. energy security. About 2 percent of U.S. production and heavy import reliance despite rapid domestic demand growth for lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles provide impetus for CMI. The project is well poised to address the technology opportunities to increase lithium supply. The main goal is to work with potential industry partners and teams and enable a pre-commercial lithium plant in Salton Sea. Early-stage experiments on sorbent synthesis, structure, and characterization; forward-osmosis membrane to concentrate lithium chloride solution; and solvent extraction for lithium recovery and purification.
Related information:
CMI Webinars - several CMI webinars relate to lithium, brines and separations