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Watercycle Technologies Achieves Major UK Breakthrough in the Production of Large-Scale Battery-Grade Lithium Carbonate from UK Brines
Watercycle Technologies Ltd, a climate tech spinout from the University of Manchester specialising in the development of sustainable mineral recovery systems, has produced over 100kg of battery-grade lithium carbonate from UK-sourced brines. This result represents a major achievement towards building a robust battery innovation ecosystem in the UK and developing a globally competitive battery minerals supply chain.
Dr Ahmed Abdelkarim, CTO and Co-Founder highlighted āThese results mark yet another technological breakthrough by our DLECā¢ technology, one of the first in Europe to produce such quantities of lithium carbonate crystals. We understand our customersā needs to obtain this product more efficiently, so weāve designed our end-to-end solution to meet this demand. With the ability to generate refined lithium carbonate onsite, our technology offers customers the ability to capture more of the value chain. We are now positioning ourselves to supply lithium salts at the ton-scale for OEMs and chemical suppliers.ā