Lithium Australia NL Sustainability and Battery Recycling Strategy
Providing ethical, sustainable inputs to the
battery industry
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Lithium
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Recycling
Batteries
Lithium Australia occupies a unique niche, that of a diversified and vertically integrated lithium mining and
battery technology company supplying a range of solutions designed for a seamless transition from:
■ the extraction of primary lithium raw materials (hard-rock, clays and brines), to
■ the production of components for lithium-ion batteries ('LIBs'),
■ the sale of LIBS by way of battery energy-storage systems, and
■ the recycling of all types of batteries (including LIBS) and electronic waste ('e-waste').
Lithium Australia has recycled raw materials from spent LIBS to successfully generate new cathode-active
materials and subsequently new LIBS, effectively 'closing the loop' on the energy-metal cycle.
In collaboration with ANSTO (i.e. Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, located in Lucas
Heights, New South Wales), the Company developed its LieNAⓇ technology, an advanced caustic
conversion process for the extraction of lithium from spodumene waste (fine and low-grade materials that
otherwise get discharged to tailings by conventional spodumene concentrate producers). Australia's federal
government is co-funding a LieNAⓇ pilot plant, scheduled for construction in 2020.
The Company's innovative intellectual property ('IP') has been acknowledged by the Australian federal
government, which has awarded it a number of grants.
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Company subsidiary Envirostream Australia Pty Ltd ('Envirostream') - located in Melbourne, Victoria – is the
nation's only fully integrated facility for the recycling of end-of-life ('EOL') batteries, including LIBs, in order
to supply components for the creation of new LIBS, as well as copper, aluminium, plastic and scrap steel,
plus micro-nutrients for potential use in fertilisers.
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August 2020
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