Proving the ability to extract fully carbon-free lithium from geothermal brines: this was the ambition of the European project, which ends after three years of laboratory and field research. The EuGeLi (European Geothermal Lithium Brine) project ends with a success: the first kilograms of battery-grade lithium carbonate from European geothermal water have just been [...]
17 December 2021
Eramet restarts the construction of its lithium plant in Argentina, leveraging on a strong growth momentum for the demand for this critical metal to the energy transition, which is core in the Group strategic development The construction of the plant, with an annual production of 24,000 tonnes of lithium (LCE1), will start during the first [...]
8 November 2021
This is a world first in the field of lithium: the Eramet group, in partnership with Électricité de Strasbourg (ÉS), has succeeded in extracting lithium from geothermal brine during pilot-scale tests conducted early 2021 at the Rittershoffen geothermal power plant (northern Alsace), which has been operated by ÉS for the past five years.Eramet's teams used [...]
11 May 2021
Eramet, BASF and SUEZ partner to develop an innovative closed-loop process for the recycling of lithium-ion batteries, responding to the strong growth of the market in the coming years. The battery recycling project ReLieVe, led by Eramet, with BASF and SUEZ, has been selected by the European Union (EU) €4.7 million will be committed by [...]
11 September 2019
Extremely dynamic lithium market in 2016 offers bright perspectives. Subject to investment decision, the construction of the plant could start in 2019. Success in running the innovative patented extraction process: few hundred kg of lithium carbonate battery grade produced in 2016. Continuous semi-industrial steering of final confirmation scheduled for 2018. Prefeasability engineering study carried out. Investment [...]
9 February 2018
