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Lepidico's disruptive lithium pilot plant ramps up

ALMOST two months after switching on the pilot plant for its "disruptive" lithium recovery technology that aims to prove a low-cost supply of lithium chemicals using non-conventional sources of mica minerals such as lepidolite, Lepidico says its ramp up is underway and it is about to produce its first products.

Lepidico's disruptive lithium pilot plant ramps up

Using a 15 tonne sample of lepidolite from the Alvarrões mine in Portugal, which the company has an option to acquire before March 2020, the company has produced 5.5t of lepidolite concentrate and 1t of...

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