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– documented by a life cycle analysis- the highest environmental standards can be ensured. The converter in Ontario will have a production capacity of up to 36,000 tons of lithium hydroxide monohydrate per year. The scoping study is completed, positioning us to aim for start of production before 2030.
“ Only around 100 kilometers away, we are planning to build our Georgia Lake spodumene mine. The Preliminary Feasibility Study is completed. The concentrator is designed for initially producing 100,000 tons of spodumene concentrate per year and with our advanced permitting status, we expect to be able to produce by 2029. This way, we want to build Ontario’ s first regional and integrated lithium supply chain! Both projects profit from excellent infrastructure access and availability of clean electricity. Additionally, we are seeing strong support from our indigenous communities.”
With work well underway to establish a sustainable and efficient, fully integrated source of lithium for local industries, Mirco ruminates on the truly global implications of this project’ s success:“ Battery-grade lithium is a key component for mobile and stationary energy storage and therefore crucial for the electrification of the heat and mobility sector, for grid stability when feeding in renewable energy – for the energy transition as a whole.
“ All our processes aim at producing highquality lithium hydroxide in a sustainable way; thanks to our environmentally friendly local production, our lithium hydroxide will have a carbon footprint that is between 30 and 64 percent smaller than the current industry average for comparable products. Furthermore, we strive to use most of our by-products. Ore residues and gypsumcontaining residues can be used in the building materials industry as additives in 124