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Rio Tinto achieves battery-grade lithium production at Boron plant

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Rio Tinto has commenced production of battery-grade lithium from waste rock at a lithium demonstration plant at the Boron mine site in California. An initial small-scale trial in 2019 successfully proved the process of roasting and leaching waste rock to recover high grades of lithium.

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Rio Tinto to invest ~$200M to progress the Jadar lithium project to feasibility study stage; jaderite

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Rio Tinto has approved an additional investment of almost $200 million to progress the next stage of the development of the lithium-borate Jadar project in Serbia. The unique mineral— jadarite —was discovered by Rio Tinto geologists in 2004 near the city of Loznica in Western Serbia.

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‘Our new plant in Mexico is an offensive move’:Vivek Vikram Singh | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

While we do not comment on customer-specific plans, in general we are flexible in our manufacturing, and have well spread-out global logistics, including warehouses in key locations. Sona Comstar’s global presence enables it to provide tailored solutions to leading manufacturers of PVs, CVs, OHVs and EVs.

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