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First Lithium Chloride produced from Optimisation Plant

- Start of production of lithium chloride from a local resource in Europe

- Important step for European battery supply chain security


Highlights

First LiCl produced from LEOP, heralding the first lithium chemicals domestically produced from a local source in Europe, for Europe.

• LEOP is showing strong early results with consistently over 90% (up to 95%) lithium extraction efficiencyfrom its Adsorption-type Direct Lithium Extraction unit, replicating what Vulcan has seen in its lab and pilot plant operations, and in line with its commercial plant expectations and Vulcan’s financing model.

• The SOP follows over three years and more than 10,000 hours of successful in-house A-DLE piloting by Vulcan, showing high lithium recoveries and thousands of cycles of adsorbent life with no material degradation.

• Representing a more than €40m investment by Vulcan, LEOP is an optimisation, operational training and product qualification testing facility, to enable operational readiness for when the Phase One commercial facility is completed.

• Once Phase One commercial production commences, it is estimated that Vulcan’s integrated renewable energy and ZERO CARBON LITHIUM™ business will produce enough lithium for approximately 500,000 EVs. 

• Vulcan has proven that the sustainable lithium production process known as A-DLE, which accounts for 10% of global lithium production today, can be successfully applied in the Upper Rhine Valley Brine Field. 

• The Upper Rhine Valley Brine Field in Europe contains Europe’s largest lithium resource and is also a source of geothermal renewable heat. This will allow Vulcan to produce its lithium using geothermal renewable energy, decarbonising the carbon footprint of lithium production for Battery Electric Vehicles.


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