A new grant is funding the expansion of non-evaportative lithium extraction from the brackish waters.
The United States Department of Energy is looking to the Great Salt Lake to increase its production of rare minerals. The department awarded Lilac Solutions, a company extracting lithium from the lake, a $100 million grant to fund additional extraction on the north arm, Annie Knox writes for Utah News Dispatch.
Lilac Solutions pulls water from the Great Salt Lake and uses “beads” to extract the lithium before returning the water to the lake. The process allows the United States to obtain lithium without using evaporative ponds, or sending mined hard rock to China for processing.
Friends of the Great Salt Lake said they are not opposed to the project, but want to ensure Lilac Solutions carefully monitors the chemicals used to treat the water before dispensing it back into the lake.
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