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Standard Lithium's demo DLE plant exceeds expectations

Standard Lithium said its Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) demonstration plant near El Dorado, Arkansas has beaten processing expectations.

 Inside the weatherproof structure that houses the SiFT lithium carbonate crystallisation plant - Credit: Standard Lithium

Inside the weatherproof structure that houses the SiFT lithium carbonate crystallisation plant - Credit: Standard Lithium

The plant, which is the only continuously operating DLE plant in North America, has processed over 15 million gallons of Smackover brine since it was commissioned in May 2020. During a representative...

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