Understanding Lithium Mining Value Chain

Geology Mining Beneficiation Refining End Usage

Lithium Deposit - Rocks Mostly Open Pit Mining

Shovel – Dumper Crushing Grinding Roasting
Pegmatites – Mineralization
mainly in Li 2O form) – 54% Combination
of Lithium is extracted
Acid
from minerals rocks Dense Media Batteries (80%)
Leaching
Separation (DMS)
Commercial Sources of
Lithium occurring in Magnetic Ceramics & Glass (7%)
Purification
Mineralization Separation
▪ Spodumene Froth
Lubricating Grease (4%)
▪ Lepidolite Flotation Solvent
▪ Petalite Extraction
Run Off Mine
Casting Mould
Flux Powders (2%)
Spodumene Carbonation
Concentrate
Air Treatment (1%)
Saleable
Li2CO3 LiOH
Saleable Saleable Medical (1%)

Evaporation Concentration Carbonization Liming Crystallization Other Uses (5%)

Lithium Deposit – Brines
Globally Lithium 46% of
Lithium is extracted Li2CO3 LiOH
from brines
Saleable Saleable
Abhinav Sengupta | MBA in Energy & Infrastructure & B.Tech in Mining & Executive Diploma in Business Valuation | Email : abhinavsengupta85@gmail.com | Phone : +919016047552