SaltMaker MVR & MSF Evaporative Crystallizers
Achieve true ZLD with two forced circulation evaporative crystallizer options: SaltMaker MVR and SaltMaker MSF.
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Energy and cost-optimized processing for battery-grade lithium
Today, most of the world’s battery-grade lithium is produced by:
Saltworks supports both of the above extraction processes with advanced water recovery and lithium refining technology systems. Our modular lithium refining systems offer a future-proof plant on a fast track to high lithium yield, low installation costs, and reduced energy consumption.
To access lithium brines in wet climates and improve lithium recovery, Direct lithium extraction (DLE) is gaining popularity. After prefiltration, DLE systems produce a lithium chloride solution of 1,000 mg/L containing impurities, with leading DLE systems achieving lithium to total dissolved solids ratio >0.08.
Saltworks is DLE agnostic and works downstream of DLE, where we practice concentrating, refining and converting (CRC) technology to produce battery-grade lithium carbonate or lithium hydroxide.
Our solutions accept varying DLE eluates and precisely target impurities, concentrate lithium in advanced membrane systems, and selectively precipitate high-quality lithium chemicals.
We offer complete concentrate, refine, convert (CRC) systems or individual unit operations including:
Learn more about Saltworks’ lithium brine processing systems.
In the hard rock space, we apply our suite of saline concentration, refining, conversion, and crystallization technologies to produce high-purity lithium chemicals from post spodumene leach solutions:
See our spodumene process flow diagram and SaltMaker MVR lithium hydroxide spec sheet for more information.
Lithium mining is water mining. Regardless of the source, lithium is processed into battery-grade chemicals by refining a saline solution, concentrating it, and crystalizing or precipitating a lithium salt.
Saltworks provides lithium refining systems offering high performance, a compact modular package and advanced automation.
To learn more about Saltworks’ efficient refining of high-quality lithium, download our DLE lithium brochure, and spodumene lithium spec sheet or check out our articles on DLE processing and hard rock processing.
Contact our experienced team to begin optimizing your lithium project today.
Learn more about our Lithium Test Centre: in-house mini-refineries, run 24/7 and staffed by Saltworks’ experts.
Achieve true ZLD with two forced circulation evaporative crystallizer options: SaltMaker MVR and SaltMaker MSF.
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