India’s First Lithium Grade Refinery
- Recently, Lohum Company launched India’s first lithium-grade refinery in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
- The refinery will produce 1,000 metric tonnes of battery-grade lithium annually.
- Black mass from e-waste will be recycled to extract lithium.
- The company refines 90% of India’s lithium and is expanding its Cathode Active Material (CAM) production.
- The refinery’s high technical efficiency is more economical than US/European facilities. This expansion reduces India’s dependence on China for lithium supply, especially with growing electric vehicle demand.
- Lithium (Li), chemical element of Group 1 (Ia) in the periodic table, the alkali metal group, is lightest of the solid ....
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