S9E1 - Why Water Technologies Matter in Lithium Mining (And Why You Should Buy Now!)
Description
with 🎙️ Benjamin Sparrow - CEO and Co-Founder at Saltworks Technologies
💧 Saltworks provides innovative products and solutions for industrial wastewater treatment and desalination.
What we covered:
🎢 The current state of Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) and its possible technological paths
🤝 How DLE gets paired with Concentrate Refine Convert (CRC) processes and how this takes lithium to battery-grade
4️⃣ The Two main sources of Lithium in the World and their Two Contenders (DLE & Battery Recycling)
📆 The timelines of a lithium mining project and how fast tracks are myths
🏃 How speed to market is going to be a key metric for a new lithium player's success and how to maximize your chances of success
🇨🇦 How regions with a rich mining history, such as Canada and Australia, will lead the charge in the lithium mining revolution
💧 How water processes being massively used in lithium extraction projects will have consequences on lead times and technology availability in the Water Sector
📈 How lithium mining is an industry where everybody is growing and how there is more money flowing into the sector than companies ready to receive it
🚀 Generation 1 vs 2, Evaluating a Surprise Lithium Project, what's important for DLE's Success, Key market players, Growing as a water technology scale-up... and much more!
🔥 ... and of course, we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥
🔗 Have a look at Saltworks' website
🔗 Come say hi to Benjamin on Linkedin
➡️ Check out the entire article on Why Water Technologies Matter in Lithium Mining (And Why You Should Buy Now!)
➡️ Reach out to me: antoine@dww.show
Other Episodes in this Series:
1 - Why Water Technologies Matter in Lithium Mining">Why Water Technologies Matter in Lithium Mining (And Why You Should Buy Now!)
2 - The Shocking Requirements of Spodumene Processing">The Shocking Requirements of Spodumene Processing (and other Lithium 101 stories)
3 - Standard Lithium's 10 Simple Secrets to DLE Success">Standard Lithium's 10 Simple Secrets to DLE Success (and how that rolls out in El Dorado)
![[Extract] "Ask Twice. And then, ask again! " - Ann Perreault - Joshua Griffis - Evoqua Water Technologies](https://image.ausha.co/3B4cIsOOa7Oc1ERvyI9hQeVIGk8S5DOZ7hx60WcT_1400x1400.jpeg?t=1694600745 "[Extract] \"Ask Twice. And then, ask again! \" - Ann Perreault - Joshua Griffis - Evoqua Water Technologies")
![[Extract] "I was very nervous but... they can all just be water nerds together!" - Max Storto - Xylem Innovation Labs](https://image.ausha.co/oxU3SJXpvBc0OZBUdtOcWRvzwldpSF2DdAQ6kj4r_1400x1400.jpeg?t=1693926572 "[Extract] \"I was very nervous but... they can all just be water nerds together!\" - Max Storto - Xylem Innovation Labs")
![[Extract] The 21 AI Tools I use to Produce this Podcast!](https://image.ausha.co/OefzGP06qgtDhQrfXiJlYsKJP1woYUrw4uOaW6n7_1400x1400.jpeg?t=1693341978 "[Extract] The 21 AI Tools I use to Produce this Podcast!")
![[Extract] Trust the Protons to leave chemical impurities out of your Battery-Grade Lithium! - Saad Dara - Mangrove Lithiu](https://image.ausha.co/EOb3EH10TL7nuLLU7pG8CwKKjw3H3gMe42ZYLxmO_1400x1400.jpeg?t=1692145202 "[Extract] Trust the Protons to leave chemical impurities out of your Battery-Grade Lithium! - Saad Dara - Mangrove Lithiu")
![[Extract] "Failing can quite expensive when you're the World's Largest Water Company!" - Glenn Vicevic - Veolia](https://image.ausha.co/FnPF0RRrlCZlf03Xg61fTIDA8bNeMfQGUzlEfwvi_1400x1400.jpeg?t=1690872548 "[Extract] \"Failing can quite expensive when you're the World's Largest Water Company!\" - Glenn Vicevic - Veolia")
![[Extract] "If New Opportunities don't turn into Success: Stop it!" - Andreas Müller - GF](https://image.ausha.co/o6xcZgfNSpC3mbZuXvRg5xrMmEEsidy8Zx2oTkIM_1400x1400.jpeg?t=1690557174 "[Extract] \"If New Opportunities don't turn into Success: Stop it!\" - Andreas Müller - GF")
![[Extract] "You can't have a team of 200 scientists constantly tweaking the process to make it work!" - Andy Robinson - Standard Lithi](https://image.ausha.co/v0Fyq8n2QtPELAmZjePFgDGwpTW1MiBPnGBUwsrW_1400x1400.jpeg?t=1690488932 "[Extract] \"You can't have a team of 200 scientists constantly tweaking the process to make it work!\" - Andy Robinson - Standard Lithi")
![[Extract] "It's useless to bring on new critical minerals if we're costing the environment more!" - Christopher Brown - Helios Corporation](https://image.ausha.co/a8v83i4PtzOY5KFNanXGdBjgs3pGyD7jrvxdFAk0_1400x1400.jpeg?t=1689103425 "[Extract] \"It's useless to bring on new critical minerals if we're costing the environment more!\" - Christopher Brown - Helios Corporation")
![[Extract] "We're doing Water as a Service for Many many Years!" - Devesh Sharma - Aquatech](https://image.ausha.co/jCEpm36TZQ68yMlekFNnl3NO0PrrigPZiS9WODWB_1400x1400.jpeg?t=1688472617 "[Extract] \"We're doing Water as a Service for Many many Years!\" - Devesh Sharma - Aquatech")
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