Livent's Strategic Growth and Sustainability Goals
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Responsible Lithium Extraction & Production
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Salar del Hombre Muerto, Catamarca, Argentina
Uses a proprietary Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) technology that speeds up
conversion and reduces land footprint
Current operations use fresh water from the Trapiche aquifer to produce Lithium Carbonate
from brine extracted from the Salar del Hombre Muerto
First Lithium Carbonate expansion will use a secondary water source, the Los Patos river,
enabling us to relax our fresh water use from the Trapiche aquifer
Second Lithium Carbonate expansion project will not require any additional fresh water
and will leverage water re-use / re-cycling process technologies, reducing our overall
fresh water intensity
Work with a leading third-party geology firm to model the fresh water aquifer and the Salar
Uses an ISO 14001 certified Environmental Management System to manage and record
parameters such as water flows, chemical transport and salinity
Regularly conduct Salar ecosystem studies with third-party specialists to monitor the variety
and abundance of local plant and animal species, watershed properties and limnology
Began third-party assessment using the Responsible Mining Standard of the Initiative for
Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA), becoming a full member of IRMA
Contributing to BMW Group and BASF commissioned study on sustainable water use,
in collaboration with leading U.S. universities
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