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Livium — Lithium Australia NL — New World Metals conference 2019
19 slides from Livium's conference presentation, Dec 13, 2019
Slide 1: Innovation in Australian battery recycling
13 December 2019 Innovation in Australian battery recycling For personal use only New World Metals conference Late yesterday Lithium Australia NL (ASX: LIT) presented its views on Australian battery recycling at the New World Metals conference in Perth, Western Australia. The contents of that addres
Slide 2: Innovation in Australian battery recycling
Innovation in Australian battery recycling For personal use only ASX: LIT 1 December 2019 Copyright © 2019, Lithium Australia NL
Slide 3: Battery recycling – a modern imperative
Battery recycling – a modern imperative For personal use only Envirostream Australia Pty Ltd (‘Envirostream’) is currently 74% owned by Lithium Australia NL (ASX: LIT, ‘Lithium Australia’). Australia’s first mixed-battery recycling company, Envirostream has developed safe and innovative manageme
Slide 4: Advanced technology
Advanced technology For personal use only LITHIUM AUSTRALIA’S APPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGIES TO RECYCLING LEADING-EDGE TECHNOLOGIES Research and development for Lithium Australia’s SiLeach® and LieNA® Lithium Australia has spent more than processes have led to the ability to recover lithium from vari
Slide 5: Established battery recovery network
Established battery recovery network For personal use only EXPANDING THE RECYCLING BUSINESS Lithium Australia’s equity contributions have enabled Envirostream to finalise the construction and commissioning of its expanded, 3,000 tonnes per annum (‘tpa’) plant in Melbourne – designed to cater for t
Slide 6: Sources and recovery of energy metals
Sources and recovery of energy metals For personal use only CURRENT ENVIROSTREAM BUSINESS – CONSUMER ELECTRONICS The electrode-active materials currently recovered as MMD (dominated by cobalt) by Envirostream equate to approximately 30% of the processed battery mass (MMD composition shown at right).
Slide 7: Stockpiles of toxic spent batteries growing
Stockpiles of toxic spent batteries growing For personal use only USED BATTERY TRENDS Currently only 9% of LIBs are recycled globally, and in Australia the recycling rate is less than 3%. It is anticipated that the volume of spent batteries worldwide will grow to 7,000,000 tpa in the next 10 yea
Slide 8: LIB recycling market – Australia
LIB recycling market – Australia For personal use only Currently in Australia, about 4,000 tonnes of spent LIBs annually are available for recycling. LIB waste production (tpa) In the absence of adequate recycling, the disposal of LIBs to landfill in Australia alone is likely to exceed 150,000 t
Slide 9: LIB cell production capacity forecast to rise
LIB cell production capacity forecast to rise to 2027 GWh by 2028 For personal use only (up from 1550 GWh in Jan 2019) – 99 plants tracked. The impact on raw materials is profound. © Benchmark Mineral Intelligence 2019 8 December 2019 Copyright © 2019, Lithium Australia NL
Slide 10: Cobalt deficit
For personal use only Cobalt deficit © Benchmark Mineral Intelligence 2019 9 December 2019 Copyright © 2019, Lithium Australia NL
Slide 11: Battery recycling business model
Battery recycling business model For personal use only AUSTRALIA – THE CASE FOR DEVELOPMENT During FY19, Envirostream generated $1.3 million in revenue from the recycling of 149 tonnes of spent LIBs. Envirostream’s newly expanded Melbourne plant can recycle up to 3,000 tpa of spent LIBs. POTENTIAL C
Slide 12: Battery collection network
Battery collection network For personal use only Envirostream is planning a national collection roll-out, with the collection network expanded Australia-wide, as well as into New Zealand. Through partnerships with Bunnings, Officeworks, LG Chem, Milwaukee and Battery World, among others, an addition
Slide 13: Enhancing recycled product
Enhancing recycled product For personal use only SUCCESSFUL REFINING Recently, Lithium Australia produced high-quality LP (> 99.9% Li3PO4) Process metal recoveries from Envirostream-produced MMD at the Australian Nuclear Science and 100% via Lithium Australia’s Technology Organisation (‘ANSTO’) in N
Slide 14: Metal recovery at pilot scale
Metal recovery at pilot scale For personal use only Process technologies developed by Lithium Australia for the recovery of LP have been extensively tested at pilot scale by ANSTO. The processes developed specifically to recover energy metals from spent LIBs have focused on: best environmental pra
Slide 15: Development plan
Development plan For personal use only Lithium Australia and Envirostream have worked together to To optimise efficiency, Envirostream plans to commission a new production line in Melbourne for the shredding establish more shredding and separation facilities and separation of materials from spent LI
Slide 16: Key personnel – Envirostream
Key personnel – Envirostream For personal use only Adrian Griffin Andrew Mackenzie (Non-executive Chairman) (Founder and Managing Director of Envirostream) Mr Griffin has more than 40 years’ experience in the Mr Mackenzie, who founded Envirostream in 2017, has been a mining and processing industries
Slide 17: Why invest in battery recycling?
Why invest in battery recycling? For personal use only Envirostream is a first-mover business with a strong and established network for the collection and recycling of spent LIBs Australia-wide. Currently, Envirostream is the only Australian company recovering MMD from spent LIBs. Lithium Aust
Slide 18: Envirostream Australia information
Envirostream Australia information For personal use only Andrew Mackenzie Andrew Skalski Adrian Griffin (managing director) (proposed non-executive (nominated non-executive Founding director and director) chairman) shareholder of Envirostream Project development professional Exploration, production,
Slide 19: Disclaimer
Disclaimer For personal use only This presentation is for information Certain statements contained in this Lithium Australia disclaims any intent or smelting facilities; factors associated with purposes only. Neither this presentation presentation, including information as to obligation to update pu
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