(CercleFinance.com) – Veolia, via its subsidiary Veolia Water Technologies, has signed a contract with POSCO Lithium Solution to design and deliver an integrated conversion system for lithium-ion electric batteries.
This system includes HPD® purification and crystallization technology, a key process used in the refining of salts of materials required for the manufacture of lithium-ion electric batteries.
HPD® crystallization technology converts lithium carbonate into lithium hydroxide.
With an annual production capacity of 25,000 tonnes, the facility will supply enough quality lithium to design around 600,000 electric vehicle batteries.
The second largest producer of batteries for electric vehicles in the world, South Korea aims to develop the domestic manufacturing of lithium hydroxide, a key component in the production of lithium-ion batteries.