Optimized Full Flow Sheet Process Delivery for Lithium Extraction, Refining and Purification
Incorporating Li-Pro™ Lithium Selective Sorption (LSS) technology and the extensive Li-Pro ™ Gen II IP portfolio, Aquatech’s acquisition of Koch Technology Solutions’ (KTS) direct lithium extraction business brings together upstream and downstream lithium processing. We offer process design, project execution and O&M services for any lithium resources, including hard rock, clay, and continental, geothermal or oilfield brines. Our technology is trusted by the world’s foremost lithium producers, including Rio Tinto, Lithium Americas, and Standard Lithium.
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END TO END
We provide unmatched end-to-end project support across the full project lifecycle, from process design through to project execution and O&M services.
FIT FOR RESOURCE OUTCOMES
Aquatech's technology portfolio, applied testing and development capabilities, and full-scale project execution deliver an optimized full flow sheet solution fine-tuned to the unique mineralogy of your lithium resource.
FULL PROCESS WRAP
Our unmatched in-house technology portfolio stewards lithium to battery-grade product, incorporating PEARL Li-Pro™ Lithium Selective Sorption, eluate/post-leach conditioning, and lithium chemical conversion and refining.
Instilling Value In Every Project
PROCESS DESIGN
We deliver optimized, full flow sheet solutions to deliver the right project outcome for your lithium resource. Our industry-leading applied testing and development capabilities ensure that each and every process solution works at scale with guaranteed performance.
PROJECT EXECUTION
We've spent nearly half a century solving complex process challenges across the world, enabling hundreds of billions of dollars in capital projects. Our bedrock of proven experience results in seamless project execution, boosting bankability, reducing total project cost, and improving recovery.
O&M SERVICES
Aquatech's premier operations and maintenance services are driven by a culture that asks, "How can we always do better?" Our remarkable heritage of R&D and project execution underpins all our lithium processes, ensuring unparalleled efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
Optimized, Full Flow Sheet Process Delivery
PEARL delivers end-to-end technology capabilities backed by Aquatech's decades of experience solving. Integrating commercially proven direct lithium extraction and advanced conversion and crystallization, PEARL improves project bankability by removing process risk, accelerating project schedules, and reducing the total cost of lithium production.
Process overview for lithium salt production
Integrated AI offerings offer optimisation of process control and total cost of ownership, ultimately securing a long-term supply of premium lithium, the cornerstone of humanity's next technological chapter.
Together, we can build the next generation of lithium projects.
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