Trelavour Hard Rock Lithium Demonstration Plant

Trelavour 硬岩锂示范工厂

• 批准号: 10037500
• 金额: $ 252.9万
• 依托单位: CORNISH LITHIUM LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: BEIS-Funded Programmes
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10037500
• 关键词: Trelavour; Hard; Rock; Lithium; Demonstration

Cornish Lithium is a mineral exploration and development company focused on the commercial extraction of lithium and other battery metals in Cornwall. The Company has two commercial workstreams in development: 1.) Extraction of lithium from geothermal waters focussed at the recently completed lithium extraction pilot plant at United Downs, near Redruth; and 2.) Lithium extraction from a hard-rock lithium mica deposit at Trelavour, near St Austell.Cornish Lithium aims to provide a domestic source of lithium and other battery raw materials to the UK automotive sector. The energy transition demands ever increasing amounts of lithium and other critical metals for batteries and electric vehicles and global demand for lithium has already outstripped supply. This has resulted in a worldwide scramble for deposits of lithium which can be commercially exploited. The UK (and Europe as a whole) has no current domestic supply of lithium leaving the UK economy dependent on imports at a time when supply chains are increasingly fractured and uncertain. Cornwall has been identified as offering the potential for large scale lithium production (Source: BGS 1987).Cornish Lithium is well-placed to develop lithium deposits in Cornwall and aims to produce battery-grade lithium for UK auto manufacturers by 2026\. The project proposed herein seeks to develop a demonstration scale lithium extraction plant at Cornish Lithium's Trelavour Project in Cornwall using patented technology licensed from Australian company Lepidico. The process uses water-based chemistry to remove lithium and other metals from rock to produce battery grade lithium hydroxide and other critical metals. Importantly, the Lepidico technology does not use high-temperature roasting of the rock and operates at moderate temperature and ambient pressure - meaning that it produces significantly lower CO2 emissions per tonne of lithium. A demonstration-scale plant using this technology in Cornwall will provide a platform for Cornish Lithium to scale-up to commercial production of lithium and accelerate the Company's project development plan by at least 18 months.Cornish Lithium is committed to developing a lithium mine in a sustainable and responsible manner. The proposed demonstration plant will ensure further refinement and validation of the viability of the technology in respect to lithium-bearing ores in Cornwall. It will also facilitate the development of best practices to operate the system in a safe and environmentally responsible manner. Furthermore, the demonstration plant will facilitate securing of finance for the full-scale project, which will be a significant capital investment for Cornwall and the UK.

Cornish Lithium 是一家矿产勘探和开发公司，专注于康沃尔郡锂和其他电池金属的商业开采。该公司有两个正在开发的商业工作流程： 1.) 从地热水中提取锂，重点是最近在雷德鲁斯附近的 United Downs 建成的锂提取试点工厂； 2.) 从圣奥斯特尔附近的 Trelavour 硬岩锂云母矿中提取锂。Cornish Lithium 旨在为英国汽车行业提供锂和其他电池原材料的国内来源。能源转型对电池和电动汽车所需的锂和其他关键金属的需求量不断增加，而全球对锂的需求已经超过了供应。这导致了全球范围内对可商业开采的锂矿藏的争夺。英国（以及整个欧洲）目前没有国内锂供应，在供应链日益断裂和不确定的情况下，英国经济依赖进口。康沃尔郡被认为具有大规模锂生产的潜力（来源：BGS 1987）。康沃尔锂业在康沃尔郡开发锂矿床方面处于有利地位，并计划到 2026 年为英国汽车制造商生产电池级锂\。本文提出的项目旨在利用澳大利亚公司 Lepidico 许可的专利技术，在康沃尔郡 Cornish Lithium 的 Trelavour 项目中开发示范规模的锂提取工厂。该过程使用水基化学物质从岩石中去除锂和其他金属，以生产电池级氢氧化锂和其他关键金属。重要的是，Lepidico 技术不使用高温焙烧岩石，并在适中的温度和环境压力下运行，这意味着它每吨锂产生的二氧化碳排放量显着降低。位于康沃尔郡的一座采用该技术的示范规模工厂将为 Cornish Lithium 提供一个扩大锂商业化生产的平台，并将公司的项目开发计划加快至少 18 个月。Cornish Lithium 致力于在康沃尔郡开发锂矿。可持续和负责任的方式。拟议的示范工厂将确保进一步完善和验证该技术在康沃尔郡含锂矿石方面的可行性。它还将促进最佳实践的开发，以安全和对环境负责的方式操作系统。此外，示范工厂将有助于确保整个项目的融资，这对康沃尔郡和英国来说将是一项重大的资本投资。