This sounds like a fab project- does it remind you of anybody’s- hint- us!
https://www.the austra lian.com.au/business/stock head/when-zero-is-hero-why-vulcans-zero-carbon-lithium-project-is-ahead-of-the-pack/news-story/92fa2b51c02be1ed406b289716b1a112?amp&nk=87a6d2150fc865e86e86dad8c7d48b98-1696610024
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Integrated Power, lithium chemical projectIt would be inaccurate to describe Zero Carbon Lithium as a mining project, rather, it has far greater similarities to an integrated oil and gas project, minus the oil and gas.
Unlike most lithium brine projects, the brines targeted by Vulcan’s project are located deep underground, which imbues the liquid with plenty of heat.
These brines are pumped out at high temperatures exceeding 160C and are used to produce both renewable electricity and heating through well-understood geothermal processes that are used extensively throughout the Upper Rhine Valley, including by Vulcan.
Once this process is completed, the brines are passed through the adsorption columns when they are about 60 degrees – the perfect temperature for the aluminate-based adsorbents to do the job of extracting lithium chloride from the brines.
