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Rio Tinto starts demonstration plant in Québec for new spodumene concentration process

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We are seeing strong interest in the market for a North American supply of spodumene concentrate to support production of lithium batteries. Rio Tinto also recovers battery-grade lithium from waste material using a process at its Boron operations in California and owns the Jadar lithium-borate project in Serbia.

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