Lithium Universe says a study into its lithium carbonate refinery at its burgeoning Québec processing hub suggests it should produce a final lithium carbonate product grading between 99.5 and 99.9 per cent. The refinery is rated to 16,000 tonnes per annum, with an assumed feed grade of 5.5 per cent lithium oxide. Anhydrous sodium sulphate, generally used in the textile industry, will be sold as a by-product and alumina silicate residue from the leached spodumene will be sold to the cement industry. The engineering study, completed by global consultant Hatch, has delivered the black flow diagram, process flow diagrams, mass balance…
