Researchers develop game-changing device that can extract valuable material from salt water: 'Tremendous potential'

Researchers develop game-changing device that can extract valuable material from salt water: 'Tremendous potential'

A research team from London has developed a discerning membrane that can filter out valuable lithium from salt water and brine.  It's a breakthrough being touted as an alternative to other polluting processes to gather the metal, which is key to the battery sector.  Imperial College London scientists consider salt lakes to be an untapped and diluted lithium well, but a process to recover the element from the water has yet to be scaled. A membran…

The simplified process so that privates can realize the exploitation of new deposits for lithium extraction outside the Atacama saltbed had new developments this Tuesday. This was reported by the Minister of Mining, Aurora Williams, in giving her inaugural speech at Expomin 2025. “Today in the morning I have signed resolutions that allow progress in the simplified procedure in three salars, located in the regions of Tarapacá, Antofagasta and Ata…

Chile advances lithium contract awards process for three salt flats

Chile's government has announced that it is progressing with streamlining the process for awarding lithium contracts across three salt flats.The post Chile advances lithium contract awards process for three salt flats appeared first on Mining Technology.