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Lithium Extraction & Refining
Aquatech is a recognized global leader in end-to-end process solutions to produce technical and battery-grade lithium hydroxide, lithium carbonate, and lithium salts.
Aquatech’s PEARL™ technology platform is the lithium industry’s only commercially proven, end-to-end flowsheet solution. Our technology is trusted by the world’s foremost lithium producers, including Rio Tinto, Lithium Americas, and Standard Lithium.
PEARL™ offers a full process wrap, including:
- PEARL Li-Pro™ Lithium Selective Sorption
- Eluate/post-leach conditioning and concentration
- Lithium chemical conversion and refining
PEARL™: Optimized, Full Flow Sheet Process Delivery
PEARL™ delivers end-to-end technology capabilities backed by Aquatech's decades of experience solving. Integrating commercially proven direct lithium extraction and advanced conversion and crystallization, PEARL™ improves project bankability by removing process risk, accelerating project schedules, and reducing the total cost of lithium production.
Combined with a multi-decade heritage, Aquatech’s superior technology portfolio enables end-to-end project solutions and integrates Li-Pro ™ Lithium Selective Sorption (LSS) technology. This adds direct lithium extraction to Aquatech’s extensive process flowsheet IP, lithium conversion, and crystallization capabilities.
Li-Pro™ Lithium Selective Sorption (LSS)
Aquatech is revolutionizing lithium processing through Li-Pro™ LSS. An adsorbent-based DLE technology, Li-Pro™ LSS brings together upstream and downstream processing to form the world’s only commercial end-to-end solution for lithium extraction, refining, and purification: PEARL. Li-Pro™ LSS technology is already being deployed for groundbreaking projects worldwide. Rooted in unmatched heritage and prowess in process technology, Aquatech is best positioned to meet the world’s growing demand for lithium.
Instilling Value In Every Project
Process Design
Our industry-leading applied testing and development capabilities ensure that each and every process solution works at scale with guaranteed performance.
Project Execution
We've spent nearly half a century solving complex process challenges across the world, enabling hundreds of billions of dollars in capital projects.
O&M Services
Aquatech's premier operations and maintenance services are driven by a culture that asks, "How can we always do better?"
White Silver Lithium Project
Intrepid Potash, Inc., Aquatech, and Adionics announce progress on their lithium development project in Wendover, Utah, with the successful completion of test work to produce a battery-grade lithium carbonate from byproduct brine at Intrepid’s Wendover, Utah potash facility.
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Solutions for Lithium Concentration & Processing
Thacker Pass, Nevada, USA (Lithium Americas)
Thacker Pass, one of the largest lithium developments in the world, showcases Aquatech’s mastery in delivering a full process wrap - and at scale. Aquatech’s bedrock of experience is enabling Lithium Americas to enact a system of world-leading purification and chemical production systems, which will produce over 40,000 metric tons of battery-grade lithium carbonate annually.
The Latest News
Intrepid, Aquatech, and Adionics Progress in Their Partnership to Develop a Lithium Project in Utah Supporting the Supply of National Critical Minerals
Intrepid (NYSE:IPI), Aquatech and Adionics today announce progress on their lithium development project in Wendover, Utah, with the successful completion of test work to produce a battery-grade lithium carbonate from byprodut brine at Intrepid's Wendover, Utah potash facility.
Aquatech Acquires Koch's Direct Lithium Extraction Business, Integrating Li-Pro™ DLE into the PEARL™ Technology Platform
Aquatech has acquired Koch Technology Solutions' (KTS) direct lithium extraction (DLE) business, integrating the Li-Pro™ Lithium Selective Sorption (LSS) technology and extensive Li-Pro IP portfolio into the PEARL™ process technology platform.
Aquatech Unveils PEARL™: A Full Flow Sheet Technology Platform for Lithium Extraction, Refining, and Purification
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Aquatech Awarded Contract for Lithium Refining Process at Lithium Americas Thacker Pass Project
Aquatech has commenced work on the Thacker Pass lithium project, which involves multiple process trains incorporating evaporation and crystallization systems for the production of lithium carbonate (Li2CO3).