WAVE INTERNATIONAL HOSTS ALKEMY FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA SITE VISIT TO PROGRESS LITHIUM SULPHATE STUDIES

Wave International, one of Australias leading lithium refining engineers, hosted Alkemy on a visit to Western Australia recently, as part of the studies for Australias first stand-alone Lithium Sulphate refinery to be located at the Boodarie Strategic Industrial Area, just outside Port Hedland, Australia's largest export port.

During the visit, Chairman Paul Atherley and Commercial Manager Alex Della Bosca had the opportunity to view by air the three main lithium refineries currently under construction, one of which Wave has designed and engineered, to see how the proposed Boodarie and Tees Valley UK refineries will compare.

The study is considering two trains at Boodarie. Each train will have the capacity to process approximately 180,000 tonnes of spodumene concentrate SC6 into around 40,000 tonnes of low carbon Lithium Sulphate annually for export via the nearby Lumsden Point Critical Minerals Wharf at Port Hedland.

At the Tees Valley Lithium refinery, located in the Wilton International Chemical Park in the Teesside Freeport UK, the Lithium Sulphate will be refined into 24,000 tonnes of battery-grade Lithium Hydroxide annually. 

At full capacity, fed with Lithium Sulphate from the proposed two trains at Boodarie, along with the proposed technical grade carbonate feedstock from South America, Tees Valley Lithium is being designed to produce 96,000tpa of battery-grade Lithium Hydroxide for the European and international markets.

The first train at Wilton will be the next generation of the conventional design deployed across the three Australian plants currently in development, and will be powered by 100% certified green energy, becoming Europes largest low-carbon lithium refining solution.