Report title – Li-ion battery cathode manufacture in Australia: a scene setting project Project completed by Future Battery Industries CRC which receives allocation of MRIWA funds. The Challenge Australia exports…
The Challenge Western Australia is the world’s largest producer of lithium, however development of these complex deposits has only recently become economic due to the growth in demand for lithium…
The Challenge No commercial processes exist for the In-Situ Recovery (ISR) (also referred to as in-situ leaching or solution mining) of commodities such as copper, gold and nickel, due to…
The Challenge Current Hydraulic Processing Systems (HPS) cannot recycle the large volumes of fluid required to deliver drilling power and bring rock cuttings to the surface in Coiled Tubing (CT)…
Full report title – The governance of battery value chains: security, sustainability and Australian policy options Project completed by Future Battery Industries CRC which receives allocation of MRIWA funds. The Challenge…
Project completed in two stages by Future Battery Industries CRC which receives allocation of MRIWA funds. The Challenge Maximising economically viable co-products and minimising waste resulting from lithium mining and…
The Challenge To investigate the effects of using impure water on the flotation of rare earth bearing minerals as an alternative to using high-cost reverse osmosis water for processing. The…
Project completed in two stages by Future Battery Industries CRC which receives allocation of MRIWA funds. The Challenge Developing and establishing technical and processing capabilities to manufacture nickel-rich cathode active…
Project completed in two stages by Future Battery Industries CRC which receives allocation of MRIWA funds. The Challenge Recovery of metal lost in conventional processing and accessing additional ores not currently…
The Challenge Sample analysis for mining companies previously involved turn-around periods ranging from a few days to many weeks, due to a need to send samples away to laboratories during…
The Challenge WA monazite ore is conventionally extracted via high temperature conversion with concentrated corrosive reagents that often emits hazardous by-products. Current research has proven the concept that a WA…
This project is funded under the Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Program. The Challenge As the global search space, particularly for copper deposits, moves from volcanogenic deposits to those in…
