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    Kanada hat gerade Nordamerikas erste Lithiumraffinerie in Batteriequalität eröffnet

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    2. VanBriGuy on

      Ok I must be living under a rock because I had know idea this was coming up… and I live in delta

    3. Justin_123456 on

      My understanding is that this is a proof of concept project for electrochemical lithium refining in North America.

      Even their planned expansion to build a 20,000 tonnes/yr facility, presumably in Quebec to colocate with the cheapest power and nearer to the ore body, is on the smaller end for refineries.

      This is a very cool way to think about where Canada can compete with China, without making the same environmental trade-offs. There’s not the same waste when you’re using electricity to do most of the work vs tonnes of sulphuric acid.

    4. Dandroid550 on

      I see the great tech and how cheap the home backup batteries are from China. It’s an uphill jaunt, but this is a great start to bring Li refinery and battery mega-factories domestically.

    5. InvictusShmictus on

      I like these articles far better when they are in present tense rather than „thinking about maybe considering“ future tense. Ontario is also opening a Cobalt refinery this year, too, it looks like.

    9. VanCityPhotoNewbie on

      It is a test trial to see if they can pursue larger scale lithium refining. So yes they will make them here but depending on the profitability, they will see if they can get large enough investment to build a large factory out in Eastern Canada.

    10. StatisticianBoth3480 on

      Hopefully the next big battery wave will be sodium ion. Way more salt and easily available.

    13. OkCartographer3745 on

      How much water are we going to waste on lithium mining I wonder. It’s certainly not an environmentally friendly thing. 

    14. Pathos886 on

      Fairly small operation.  Very interesting concept.  My understanding of it from working there on the construction side of things is that it was they are a lithium battery recycling facility, not refinery.

      Its intended to be a cleaner process from what is already in place in countries such as China.  It has already been proven to work and completion of the Delta facility is intended to show it being functional on a latget scale.

      …Im still waiting for the IPO.  I was being serious when I asked about it at the lunch!

    17. Severe_Air_4353 on

      Been in the works for 6 years , but the USA want it in the USA . For nothing .

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