Ground breaking research recently completed by a leading German battery technology institute has identified a previously unrecognised contamination and safety risk for lithium-ion batteries - the use of lower purity alumina in battery cell manufacture. The Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS in Dresden Germany, recently completed test work that has the potential to rock the lithium-ion battery [...]
Lithium Australia has announced the commencement of piloting for continuous production of lithium carbonate under the second stage of their new test program at the Sileach(TM) pilot plant operated by ANSTO Minerals (a division of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation). The second stage of pilot testing will recover lithium carbonate and potassium salts from solutions generated during the previous [...]
Lithium Australia has continued to advance their Sileach(TM) technology as they announced that pilot testing at ANSTO Minerals (a division of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation) had commenced. The first test consisted of a 1 day commissioning run of the Sileach(TM) circuit, after which process solutions and residual solids are being analysed prior to commencing continuous operations in about two [...]
Altura Mining is pleased to advise that it has executed both a mutual Access Agreement and a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate at tenement boundaries with adjoining Pilgangoora lithium project developer Pilbara Minerals. The agreements are based on evaluating mutually beneficial opportunities for the respective project developments and maximising the potential to recover lithium-rich pegmatites across [...]
Lithium Australia is pleased to announce that it has reached agreement with Pilbara Minerals to jointly progress the development of LIT's 100%-owned Sileach(TM) process, which has been developed to recover lithium from spodumene concentrates. Highlights: - Lithium Australia and Pilbara Minerals agree to work together to investigate the suitability of LIT's SileachTM process to produce high-value lithium carbonate [...]
Perth, Australia (ABN Newswire) - Mining Plus have recently completed the Mining Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS) for Pilbara Minerals Ltd.'s (ASX:PLS) Pilgangoora Lithium-Tantalum project, which is located approximately 120km south of Port Hedland in Western Australia's Pilbara region. The mining engineering works completed by Mining Plus include: mine planning criteria, pit optimisation, mine design and scheduling, mine [...]
Sydney, Australia (ABN Newswire) - Pilbara Minerals (ASX:PLS) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed with a large International raw materials trading house for the future supply of low-iron spodumene concentrate from Pilbara's flagship 100% owned Pilgangoora Spodumene-Tantalite Project in WA's Pilbara region. Pilbara Minerals has also signed four MOU's with Chinese lithium chemical producers for [...]