Aquatech gets contract for lithium refining process at Lithium Americas Thacker Pass Project

By OEM Update Editorial March 23, 2023 12:44 pm IST

Lithium Americas, a division of Aquatech,  has achieved over 99.9% purity of Li₂CO₃ from Thacker Pass lithium-bearing clays. 
Aquatech has been awarded a contract for the lithium refining and purification process plants by Lithium Americas Corp, for the Thacker Pass lithium project in Nevada, the largest known lithium reserve in the U.S.
Aquatech has commenced work on the project, which includes multiple process trains incorporating evaporation and crystallization systems for the purification and chemical production of lithium carbonate (Li₂CO₃). Lithium Americas and Aquatech will work closely together to deliver the best available technology incorporating environmental stewardship for this flagship project.
In partnership with ICD Process Technologies, a division of Aquatech, Lithium Americas has achieved over 99.9% purity of Li₂CO₃ from Thacker Pass lithium-bearing clays. For over two years, Lithium Americas and Aquatech have worked jointly to conduct pilot work and demonstrate the complete process line to produce high-purity Li₂CO₃ at Aquatech’s Applied Development and Testing Facility in Wisconsin and Lithium Americas’ Technical Development Center in Nevada. The demonstration results will enable Lithium Americas to advance with Phase 1 of the Thacker Pass facility producing 40,000 tpa LCE.