Standard Lithium (AMEX:SLI) has commissioned the largest continuously operating direct lithium extraction (DLE) unit in North America, taking a significant step towards establishing the company as a major sustainable lithium producer.
The unit is part of the company’s demonstration plant near El Dorado, Arkansas, extracting lithium from the Smackover Formation brine at an input flow rate of 90 gallons per minute.
“The column currently operating at Standard Lithium's demonstration plant is identical to those that will be used in the commercial application, both in terms of the size, design, and construction of the column, as well as the sorbent media being used inside,” stated President & COO, Dr. Andy Robinson, referring to the Li-Pro lithium selective sorption (LSS) unit supplied by Koch Technology Solutions.
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