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• Jan. 29, 2025Got 2 minutes? See how we’re turning brine into battery-grade lithium
- Our new video shows how we’re unlocking a new energy solution.
- A three-step process turns brine from Arkansas into battery-grade lithium.
- Perfecting the process is “like baking a cake,” says our expert Sanket Desai.
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What’s the perfect recipe for helping meet the world’s growing need for lithium, the critical material used in electric vehicles and other products that run on rechargeable batteries?
We’re working on it!
In a new video, Sanket Desai explains how our scientists and engineers have already made small batches of battery-grade lithium from a new source: brine we’ve extracted from deep underground in Arkansas. (Most lithium today is mined from rock, mostly from Australia.)
Now, we’re working to perfect the process.
Sanket, our lithium technology portfolio manager, says it’s a lot like baking a cake – we’re working to find the right combination of ingredients, temperature and timing that will meet the needs of battery makers and other customers.
The payoff? “We are unlocking a new source of lithium for the world,” says Sanket.
Sanket’s excited about these achievements, and you should be too.
Check out our new video to see why.
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