Pilot Scale Production of Lithium from UK Granites; transitioning to an electric vehicle future post Covid-19

英国花岗岩锂的中试规模生产；

• 批准号: 10004527
• 金额: $ 369.79万
• 依托单位: RESEARCH BY BRITISH LITHIUM LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Small Business Research Initiative
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10004527
• 关键词: Pilot; Scale; Production; Lithium; UK

BLL has identified a substantial lithium-mica-granite Resource in the UK, but lithium has never been commercially extracted from mica.Mostly academic work has previously proposed chemical froth flotation of lithium mica and hot sulphuric acid leaching to extract the lithium, which would produce millions of tonnes of contaminated residues. BLL has developed novel technologies for extracting lithium-mica from granite, and for extracting the lithium at low temperatures and neutral pH that don't require toxic chemicals, potentially offering the lowest environmental footprint of any world lithium producer.We have the UK's only dedicated lithium laboratory, with advanced equipment for comminution, beneficiating, pyrometallurgy and hydrometallurgy. Our Pilot Plant will refine and validate our novel technology, eliminate scale-up risk, and produce representative product for testing and validation by potential customers.In 2020 UK car sales fell 55% for diesel and 39% for petrol, whereas EV sales increased 188% to 29% of total sales. December's largest selling car was the imported Tesla Model 3\.Carmakers co-locate with battery makers. Just one Gigafactory is currently proposed in UK whereas €60 billion has been invested in electric vehicle manufacture in Europe, including 15 gigafactories under construction. The first EV designed in UK (Jaguar's I-Pace) is made in Austria with Polish batteries. To transform the whole UK car industry from internal combustion to EVs would require seven Gigafactories. _Benchmark_ predict world demand for lithium carbonate for battery materials to grow from 140,315t in 2020 to 1.74Mt by 2030, requiring significant new production.The UK Government's "_Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution_" effectively mandates the development of a local lithium-battery supply chain New measures include:• Moving forward the ban on internal combustion only vehicles to 2030;• £1 billion to support the electrification of UK vehicles and their supply chains, including developing "Gigafactories" to produce the batteries needed at scale;• £1.3 billion to accelerate the roll-out of charging infrastructure; and• £582 million to extend the Plug-in grants.Subject to successful pilot production, our proposed quarry and refinery would currently offer Europe's only domestic supply of lithium, potentially placing the UK at the forefront of the integrated manufacture of lithium chemicals, batteries and zero-emission vehicles, supporting the green-led recovery of the UK's automotive sector from the dramatic losses due to Covid-19, and the disruptive change from internal combustion to electric mobility.Our proposed quarry and refinery would alone meet one-third of Britain's requirements.

BLL已经在英国发现了大量的锂云母花岗岩资源，但锂从未从云母中商业化提取。大多数学术工作之前提出了锂云母的化学泡沫浮选和热硫酸浸出来提取锂，这将产生数百万吨受污染的残留物。BLL开发了从花岗岩中提取锂云母的新技术，并在低温和中性pH值下提取锂，不需要有毒化学品，有可能提供世界上任何锂生产商最低的环境足迹。我们拥有英国唯一的专用锂实验室，拥有先进的粉碎，煅烧，火法冶金和湿法冶金设备。我们的中试工厂将完善和验证我们的新技术，消除扩大规模的风险，并生产代表性产品供潜在客户测试和验证。2020年，英国柴油汽车销量下降55%，汽油汽车销量下降39%，而电动汽车销量增长188%，占总销量的29%。12月销量最大的汽车是进口的特斯拉Model 3。目前英国只有一个Gigafactory，而欧洲已经投资了600亿欧元用于电动汽车制造，其中包括15个正在建设中的Gigafactory。英国设计的第一款电动汽车（捷豹的I-Pace）是在奥地利制造的，使用的是波兰电池。要将整个英国汽车行业从内燃机转变为电动汽车，需要七个超级工厂。_Benchmark_预测全球电池材料碳酸锂需求将从2020年的140，315吨增长到2030年的1. 74 Mt，这需要大量的新产量。英国政府的“_绿色工业革命十点计划_”有效地要求发展本地锂电池供应链新措施包括：·将禁止内燃机车辆的禁令提前到2030年;·10亿英镑用于支持英国汽车及其供应链的电气化，包括开发“Gigafactory”以大规模生产所需的电池;以及5.82亿英镑用于延长插件赠款。如果试产成功，我们提议的采石场和炼油厂目前将提供欧洲唯一的国内锂供应，可能使英国处于锂化学品、电池和零排放汽车综合制造的最前沿，支持英国汽车行业从2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19，即2019冠状病毒病）造成的巨大损失以及从内燃机到电动汽车的颠覆性转变中复苏，实现绿色主导。我们拟建的采石场和炼油厂将满足英国三分之一的需求。