An extraordinary breakthrough has been made among the hills of Weardale as, for the first time, lithium carbonate has been produced from geothermal brines at a County Durham site.
Having successfully secured a grant from the Advanced Propulsion Centre, Weardale Lithium has been trialling the effectiveness of lithium extraction technologies. All trials have now produced ‘very positive’ results with elevated results of lithium extraction and recovery rates.
Source: The Northern Echo
