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I'm curious if anyone knows what happened to Rio Tinto's lithium extraction project from their Boron, CA mines [1]. They finished a demonstration years ago that
by throwup238 3y ago
I'm curious if anyone knows what happened to Rio Tinto's lithium extraction project from their Boron, CA mines [1]. They finished a demonstration years ago that extracted lithium from the brine waste from borax mining but I haven't heard anything about it since.
Even if they couldn't make it economically feasible I figured they'd at least use the same technology/setup for Salton Sea lithium mining.
[1] https://www.riotinto.com/news/releases/2021/Rio-Tinto-achieves-battery-grade-lithium-production-at-Boron-plant https://www.riotinto.com/news/releases/2021/Rio-Tinto-achiev...
- foxyv 3y agoI think their project in Serbia was stopped due to environmental concerns. Not sure about California. https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/serbia-wants-talks-with-rio-tinto-over-jadar-lithium-project-2024-01-17/#:~:text=Belgrade%20revoked%20licences%20for%20Rio's,company%20a%20leading%20lithium%20producer https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/serbia-wants-tal....