The Australian Renewable Energy Agency will tip almost $3 million into Rio Tinto-backed startup Electralith to pilot its chemical free, waterless lithium refining technology.
Part of efforts to stand up more sovereign critical minerals processing capacity and challenge China’s dominance on the supply chain, the funds will support a trial of low carbon lithium extraction technology in Perth.
The grant represents a shift further up the supply chain for the …
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