11 July 2017
Plant solutions
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Plant solutions
Equipment
Services
DETAILS
Outotec has been awarded an order for the delivery
for a lithium carbonate plant in South America.
The order, in the value of some EUR 20 million,
has been booked in Outotec's 2017 second quarter order intake.
Salt lake brine and spodumene ore
are the primary sources for lithium.
Outotec offers sustainable solutions both
to lithium carbonate ,
including
* ore beneficiation,
* calcination, and
* both acid and alkaline hydrometallurgical refining.
Outotec's scope in this order includes
* technology to remove impurities from salt lake brine,
* detail engineering,
* project management,
* delivery of proprietary process equipment such as
filters, clarifier and reactors, as well as
other equipment and
* technical assistance.
Kalle Härkki,
head of Outotec's
Metals, Energy & Water business
"This order reflects the increased demand
of lithium processing solutions
due to rapidly expanding markets for lithium salts.
With our broad expertise and in-house R&D
and raw material testing facilities
we are well positioned in this growth market",
For further information please contact:
Kalle Härkki, President - Metals, Energy & Water business unit
tel. +358 20 529 211
Eila Paatela, Vice President - Corporate Communications
tel. +358 20 529 2004, +358 400 817198
e-mails firstname.lastname@outotec.com
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