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30 companies and consortia from 12 countries present their technologies for direct lithium extraction to ENAMI
4/23/2024

A total of 30 companies and consortia from 12 countries participated in the global call to present technologies for direct extraction of lithium from brines convened by the National Mining Company (ENAMI) for its High Andean Salt Flats project.

The call for applications for the Request For Information (RFI) stage was opened on February 29, and applications were extended until April 20.

The objective of this call was to learn about the range of technologies available in the market and innovations in the field of direct lithium extraction, supporting the project developed by the state-owned company in the Atacama Region.

By country, the distribution of participating companies or consortia was as follows: 6 from the United States; 4 from China; 3 from Canada and France; 2 each from South Korea, Germany and Israel; 1 each from Japan, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, England, Chile and Great Britain-Australia. Meanwhile, one entity did not authorize the disclosure of the name of its legal personality.

According to the executive vice-president of the state-owned company, Iván Mlynarz, "the large number of companies and consortia participating in this RFI process reveals the high interest that our High Andean Salt Flats project arouses worldwide and the interest in contributing with technological developments with the least possible environmental impact on the territory, as proposed by the National Lithium Strategy defined by the government".

The next step in the process is that ENAMI will form a commission of experts that will recommend five of the thirty companies or consortia that applied for the call, to participate with their technologies in the laboratory tests with brine of the High Andean Salt Flats Project.

The list of entities that participated in the RFI process is as follows:

AXION-Rare and Noble Metals Joint Stock Company.
CADL - Lanshen Tec
Candle Lithium Corporation
Eramet Chile S.A.
GEA Equipamentos e Soluções Ltda
Geolith
Consortium made up of: Toray, Sumitomo Metal Mining, Muromachi Chemical, Asaka Riken and Jogmec
Consortium consisting of: K-UTEC AG Salt Technologies and Ferrostaal
Lithium One Environmental Inc. "L1X"
LG Energy Solution, LTD.
Lilac Solutions Chile Spa
Consortium formed by Lithimuing and INGPE SPA
Lithos Technology LLC
Green Lithium Initiative: Consortium formed by Lithium Initiative and Qinghai Kuajie Separation Technology Co.Ltd
POSCO HOLDINGS
Rio Tinto International Holdings Limited
Schumberger Technology Corporation ("SLB")
Sorcia Chile SpA🤞🤞🤞
Summit Nanotech Spa
Sunresin New Materials CO. LTD
Cytec de Chile Ltda (a Syensqo group company)
Tenova Advanced Technologies
Watercycle Technologies
Worley Ingeniería y Construcción Chile SpA
XtraLit Ltd.
Zelandez Services Chile SPA
Jiangsu Jiuwu Advanced Technology Co.
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