LUSTRE LithiUm SalT REfining

光泽锂盐精炼

• 批准号: 10075189
• 金额: $ 54.72万
• 依托单位: TEES VALLEY LITHIUM LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Launchpad
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10075189
• 关键词: LUSTRE; LithiUm; SalT; REfining

This consortium between Tees Valley Lithium ('TVL') and Weardale Lithium ('WLL') builds on the existing Memorandum of Understanding between the two companies to cooperate in the production of lithium battery materials in the North East of England.TVL are developers of an independent and sustainable lithium chemical processing hub at the Wilton International chemicals park in Teesside (within in the Net Zero Innovation cluster centred on Tees Valley). They are focussed on processing lithium materials to battery grade for automotive lithium-ion batteries.WLL is developing a potential domestic resource of sustainable "green" lithium from naturally occurring geothermal brines in the North Pennines centred on Eastgate, County Durham. The collaboration between TVL and WLL forms the essential initial steps of the EV battery supply chain by extracting and processing lithium in the North East of England.The project is specifically concerned with novel methods for the production and refinement of lithium salts extracted from the geothermal brine resources that Weardale Lithium has the rights to extract in the context of developing an integrated and robust route from 'borehole to battery', all within the NE region. In addition to receiving feedstock supply from WLL, TVL could source other domestically produced lithium materials for value-added refining and improve the UK's self-sufficiency of supply for this critical mineral.This project advances the prospect of developing supply of a significant proportion of the UK's projected demand for lithium (a critical mineral) yet having a low environmental and carbon footprint enabling it to be described as "green" lithium especially when compared to lithium extracted overseas by hard rock mining or from lithium chloride produced by brine evaporation in large salars.Lithium-ion batteries are a key technology for several of the UK Government's strategies for Net-Zero by 2050, including the transition to electric vehicles and energy storage. This project directly supports the UK Government's Critical Minerals Strategy which amongst other objectives, seeks to accelerate the UK's domestic capabilities by maximising what the UK can produce domestically. Lithium is classified as a Critical Mineral; currently, there is no commercial lithium production or refining in the UK or Europe. Lithium produced and refined in the UK will confer transportation cost advantages, supply assurances and an environmental-premium over foreign suppliers.

Tees Valley Lithium(“TVL”)和Weardale Lithium(“WLL”)的这一财团建立在两家公司之间现有的在英格兰东北部合作生产锂电池材料的谅解备忘录的基础上。TVL是蒂赛德Wilton国际化工园区(位于以Tees Valley为中心的Net Zero创新集群内的一个独立且可持续的锂化学加工中心)的开发商。他们专注于将锂材料加工成电池级的汽车锂离子电池。WLL正在开发一种潜在的国内可持续“绿色”锂资源，该资源来自以达勒姆县伊斯特盖特为中心的北宾宁地区的天然地热卤水。TVL和WLL之间的合作形成了电动汽车电池供应链的基本初始步骤，通过在英格兰东北部提取和加工锂。该项目具体涉及从地热卤水资源中提取锂盐的新方法，Weardale Lithium有权在东北地区开发一条从“钻孔到电池”的综合且强大的路线。除了从WLL获得原料供应外，TVL还可以从其他国内生产的锂材料中获得增值精炼，并改善英国对这种关键矿物的供应自给自足。该项目提出了一个前景，即开发供应英国对锂(一种关键矿物)的很大比例，同时具有较低的环境和碳足迹，使其被描述为“绿色”锂，特别是与海外通过硬岩开采提取的锂或从大量盐场的卤水蒸发生产的氯化锂相比。锂离子电池是英国政府到2050年实现净零的几个战略的关键技术。包括向电动汽车和能源储存的过渡。该项目直接支持英国政府的关键矿产战略，该战略的目标之一是通过最大限度地提高英国国内产量来加速英国的国内能力。锂被归类为关键矿物；目前，英国或欧洲没有商业性的锂生产或精炼。在英国生产和提炼的锂将带来运输成本优势、供应保证和比外国供应商更高的环境溢价。