Lithium Australia NL Sustainability and Battery Recycling Strategy
Refining recycled battery products
Raw material
Lichemicals
Lithium
Australia
NL
Recycling
Batteries
REFINING SUCCESSES
Together with ANSTO and using MMD recovered by
Envirostream as a feed source, the Company has produced high-
quality lithium phosphate ('LP') (> 99.9% Li3PO4). Lithium ferro
phosphate ('LFP') battery cathode material was then synthesised
from the LP at the VPSC Ltd ('VSPC' - 100% Company owned)
cathode-powder pilot plant in Brisbane, Queensland.
VSPC subsequently manufactured coin-cell LIBS using the LFP,
then tested those batteries. Test results indicated that battery-cell
performance was comparable to that of similar types of LIBS
manufactured using commercial-grade lithium carbonate.
Also in conjunction with ANSTO, the Company has recovered
base metals as mixed sulphides (a high-value intermediate
product) from Envirostream's MMD.
THE COMBINED BUSINESS
Lithium Australia will provide Envirostream with the processing
technology that allows it to transition from a battery collection and
separation entity to an integrated business capable of refining its
MMD in-house to produce higher-value products.
100%
50%
0%
Process metal recoveries
using Company technologies.
90.0%
90.0%
85.0%
■Co
■Ni
Overall process recoveries.
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August 2020
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