Green Car Congress
APRIL 8, 2021
Rio Tinto has commenced production of battery-grade lithium from waste rock at a lithium demonstration plant at the Boron mine site in California. An initial small-scale trial in 2019 successfully proved the process of roasting and leaching waste rock to recover high grades of lithium.
Green Car Congress
JULY 31, 2020
Rio Tinto has approved an additional investment of almost $200 million to progress the next stage of the development of the lithium-borate Jadar project in Serbia. The unique mineral— jadarite —was discovered by Rio Tinto geologists in 2004 near the city of Loznica in Western Serbia.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
Rio Tinto also recovers battery-grade lithium from waste material using a process at its Boron operations in California and owns the Jadar lithium-borate project in Serbia. This long-life, scaleable project has the potential to have one of the lowest carbon footprints in the industry.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 10, 2020
Rio Tinto disclosed to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) a maiden Ore Reserve and updated Mineral Resource at its 100% owned Jadar lithium-borates project in western Serbia. The project under study consists of an underground mine, sustainable industrial processing and waste facilities as well as associated infrastructure.
Baua Electric
MAY 10, 2024
And to bridge this gap, we acquired a company – Novelic – in Serbia, which has both chip design, and sensor competencies. People with less constraint on capital, almost, always, will waste it. We play on engineering-per-hour cost arbitrage and that reflects in our margins. If one thinks they have less, they will generate more.
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