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Lithium Hydroxide Produced - Clarification
Lithium Hydroxide Produced - Clarification.
About this update from European Metals Holdings Ltd
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 4221V European Metals Holdings Limited 08 April 2019 \n\nFor immediate release\n8 April 2019\nEUROPEAN METALS HOLDINGS LIMITED\nCINOVEC PROJECT UPDATE - BATTERY GRADE LITHIUM HYDROXIDE PRODUCED - CLARIFICATION ON TEST-WORK PROCESS\n \n \nHIGHLIGHTS\n \n· Flowsheet successfully developed and tested for the production of lithium hydroxide from Cinovec ore.\n· A potential production rate in excess of 25,000 tpa lithium hydroxide has been demonstrated to be possible utilising a robust process route proven in the lithium production sector.\n· A formal update of the project PFS reflecting the production of lithium hydroxide is underway and will be completed within the next 6 weeks.\n \nEuropean Metals Holdings Limited (\"European Metals\" or \"the Company\") is pleased to provide a project update highlighting the outcomes from a recently completed engineering assessment of the flowsheet and subsequent testwork aimed at demonstrating the ability to produce lithium hydroxide from Cinovec ore. The move by the Company to develop a process for the production of lithium hydroxide from the Cinovec project is in response to market forces that continue to move Czech and European manufacturers towards the production of advanced technology batteries.\n \nThe engineering assessment and associated testwork were conducted on aspects of the hydrometallurgical portion of the flowsheet of the Preliminary Feasibility Study (PFS) reported on 19 April 2017 (PFS confirms potential low-cost lithium carbonate producer).\n \nA series of tests were completed in recent months by Dorfner Anzaplan in Germany looking initially at the direct production of lithium hydroxide from leach liquors and subsequently testing a more traditional route of converting lithium carbonate through to lithium hydroxide.\n \nWhile both process routes were successful in producing battery grade lithium hydroxide, assessment of the relevant process risks indicated that the more robust flowsheet involved the production of battery grade lithium carbonate followed by conversion to battery grade lithium hydroxide. The composition of the material produced compared with a typical industry specification is detailed in the table 1 below.\n \n\n\n\nS...