Italy's multi-utility Iren and Altamin signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at recovering lithium from geothermal projects the Australian group has around Rome, the two groups said on Wednesday.
Lithium de France has been awarded a new “lithium and related substances” license for a 151-sq. km parcel in the Bas-Rhin region of France. This is the fourth license awarded to the company previously.
The UnLimited research team used the second half of 2023 for intensive lithium extraction tests at the Bruchsal geothermal site (URG). Under the site-specific temperature and pressure conditions, it was shown that the extraction of lithium using the DLE process is technically possible.
Controlled Thermal Resources Holdings Inc. (CTR) has broken ground on the construction of an integrated geothermal power plant and lithium production facility at the Salton Sea in California. This is the first of seven project stages building towards a multi-billion-dollar clean energy precinct, the “Lithium Valley Campus”.
Construction has officially started on the United Downs Deep Geothermal Power (UDDGP) project of Geothermal Engineering Ltd. (GEL) in Cornwall, UK. The work on the power plant and lithium extraction plant is expected to be completed by the summer and power generation is planned by the end of 2024.
The French mining company Eramet and Électricité de Strasbourg (ÉS) have inaugurated a new pilot project for the direct extraction of lithium from geothermal brine at the Rittershoffen geothermal heat plant operated by ES in Eastern France.
"How to Shoulder EU Lithium Growth?" was the motto of the third LithiumDays, which took place in Halle from December 4 to 6, 2023. Over 100 participants followed the specialist presentations in person and online.
The annual meeting of the ISO TC 333 Lithium International Standard Technical Committee was held in Beijing at the beginning of December, attended by experts from 14 countries, including the United Kingdom, France and Germany.
The U.S. Department of Energy (US DOE) has published the results of a study done by the Lawrence Berkey National Laboratory quantifying the domestic lithium resources from the geothermal brine in the Salton Sea region in California.
In the UnLimited joint project, KIT is investigating not only manganese oxides but also other sorbents on a laboratory scale regarding direct lithium extraction from geothermal water. In this context, lithium iron phosphates LFP (LiFePO4) have been intensively tested in the laboratory and recently successfully applied.
