- The document approved a plant with capacity to produce 20,000 tonnes of lithium chloride annually
- The report said that Ganfeng, which said last month it would use a 120-megawatt photovoltaic system to power the plant
As per a report by Reuters, China’s Ganfeng Lithium on Tuesday said its subsidiary had received approval to build a 20,000 tonnes per year lithium plant for its Mariana project in northern Argentina, where it intends to use solar power. The report added that Ganfeng said its unit Litio Minera Argentina “recently obtained an Environmental Impact Report approval for the construction of a plant for the Mariana lithium salt lake project from Salta Province”.
Plant with capacity to produce 20,000 tonnes of lithium chloride
The document approved a plant with capacity to produce 20,000 tonnes of lithium chloride annually. Lithium chloride, produced at lithium brine projects, can be used to make battery-grade lithium carbonate or lithium metal.
The report said that Ganfeng, which said last month it would use a 120-megawatt photovoltaic system to power the plant, had previously noted lithium at Mariana could be extracted through solar evaporation, reducing emissions and costs.
