Pall filtration and separation technologies achieve battery grade lithium purity for EV battery production

The Electrical Vehicle (EV) market is undergoing a revolution that is transforming the transportation landscape using Lithium on battery technology. The demand for electrical vehicles is projected to increase over five times the current 2022 production values by 2030. To meet this challenge, high purity Lithium Hydroxide and Lithium Carbonate are required as essential materials to formulate these batteries.

The primary sources of Lithium are either brine lakes (Salars) or mineral deposits of mostly Spodumene ore. The Spodumene ore contains up to 6 % weight Lithium and is extracted from the ground in conventional mining operations (see Figure 1) that can be either underground pit excavation or surface strip mining depending on the location of the mineral lode.