Obtaining lithium

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CCHEMISTRY METALLURGY C22Metallurgy C22BPRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS C22B26/00Obtaining alkali, alkaline earth metals or magnesium

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C22B26/12Obtaining lithium

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Information Patent Grant
Electrodepostion of metals from liquid media
- Patent number 12,286,719
- Issue date Apr 29, 2025
- Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
- Thomas C. Underwood
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Direct lithium extraction compositions and methods
- Patent number 12,285,740
- Issue date Apr 29, 2025
- ALBEMARLE CORPORATION
- Jesse DuPont
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Lithium recovery using aqueous sources
- Patent number 12,280,322
- Issue date Apr 22, 2025
- Schlumberger Technology Corporation
- Gary W. Sams
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Methods and systems for reducing magnesium in high salinity salar b...
- Patent number 12,268,992
- Issue date Apr 8, 2025
- FLUID TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS (FTS) INC.
- John R. Herron
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Methods and systems for scalable direct recycling of battery waste
- Patent number 12,266,772
- Issue date Apr 1, 2025
- Li Industries, Inc.
- David Young
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Method for extracting lithium using resin adsorbent to pretreat low...
- Patent number 12,264,382
- Issue date Apr 1, 2025
- Qinghai Geological and Mineral Testing Center
- Yuqing Zhao
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
System for and method of processing waste lithium-ion battery
- Patent number 12,266,770
- Issue date Apr 1, 2025
- Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Fuminori Ando
- C21 - METALLURGY OF IRON
Information Patent Grant
Lithium extraction enhanced by an alternate phase
- Patent number 12,257,529
- Issue date Mar 25, 2025
- LILAC SOLUTIONS, INC.
- David Henry Snydacker
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Preparation of lithium carbonate from lithium chloride containing b...
- Patent number 12,252,409
- Issue date Mar 18, 2025
- TERRALITHIUM LLC
- Stephen Harrison
- C25 - ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES APPARATUS THEREFOR
Information Patent Grant
Method for froth-controlled flotation of argillaceous lepidolite ore
- Patent number 12,251,713
- Issue date Mar 18, 2025
- KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Qicheng Feng
- B03 - SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS OR USING PNEUMATIC TABLES O...
Information Patent Grant
Lithium metal recovery and synthesis
- Patent number 12,255,282
- Issue date Mar 18, 2025
- UChicago Argonne, LLC
- Patricia Anne Ignacio de Leon
- C25 - ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES APPARATUS THEREFOR
Information Patent Grant
Method of producing lithium hydroxide from lithium concentrate thro...
- Patent number 12,247,267
- Issue date Mar 11, 2025
- ECOPRO INNOVATION CO., LTD.
- Min-Woo Lee
- C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Information Patent Grant
Lithium extraction process and apparatus
- Patent number 12,234,529
- Issue date Feb 25, 2025
- U.S. Borax Inc.
- Amit Patwardhan
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Water producing system for a liquid transfer mat
- Patent number 12,231,085
- Issue date Feb 18, 2025
- Enertopia Corp.
- Barry Richard Brooks
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Treated geothermal brine compositions with reduced concentrations o...
- Patent number 12,221,671
- Issue date Feb 11, 2025
- TERRALITHIUM LLC
- Stephen Harrison
- C02 - TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
Information Patent Grant
Collocating a large-scale dissociating reactor near a geothermal en...
- Patent number 12,221,670
- Issue date Feb 11, 2025
- LytEn, Inc.
- Michael Stowell
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Process for the preparation of lithium metal and lithium alloy moul...
- Patent number 12,221,698
- Issue date Feb 11, 2025
- ALBEMARLE GERMANY GMBH
- Ulrich Wietelmann
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Grant
Manganese-lithium separation process and pre-extraction solution pr...
- Patent number 12,218,322
- Issue date Feb 4, 2025
- HUNAN JIN YUAN NEW MATERIALS JOINT STOCK COMPANY LIMITED
- Xunbing Liu
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Processing and recycling method and product of ultrathin lithium foil
- Patent number 12,215,431
- Issue date Feb 4, 2025
- Huazhong University of Science & Technology
- Huiqiao Li
- C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Information Patent Grant
Method for recovering active metal of lithium secondary battery
- Patent number 12,211,979
- Issue date Jan 28, 2025
- SK Innovation Co., Ltd.
- Young Bin Seo
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Method and system for recovering metals from black mass
- Patent number 12,209,028
- Issue date Jan 28, 2025
- Aurubis AG
- Anne-Marie Suriano
- C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Information Patent Grant
Method and device for preparing ultrathin metal lithium foil
- Patent number 12,195,824
- Issue date Jan 14, 2025
- SHENZHEN YANYI NEW MATERIALS CO., LTD.
- Kai Yang
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Grant
Method of lithium extraction from sedimentary clay
- Patent number 12,188,107
- Issue date Jan 7, 2025
- Lithium Nevada Corp.
- Brett A. Rabe
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Method for recovering waste lithium cobalt oxide battery
- Patent number 12,183,900
- Issue date Dec 31, 2024
- GUANGDONG BRUNP RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
- Yingsheng Zhong
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Methods for extracting elements from a solution
- Patent number 12,180,561
- Issue date Dec 31, 2024
- BASF Corporation
- William C. Mays
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Modular extraction apparatus
- Patent number 12,172,129
- Issue date Dec 24, 2024
- International Battery Metals, Ltd.
- John L. Burba
- C25 - ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES APPARATUS THEREFOR
Information Patent Grant
Method for producing magnesium-lithium alloy by gaseous co-condensa...
- Patent number 12,173,381
- Issue date Dec 24, 2024
- SICHUAN UNION SHINE NEW ENERGY SCI-TECH CO., LTD
- Jun Zhou
- B22 - CASTING POWDER METALLURGY
Information Patent Grant
Process for the recovery of metals from a Li-containing starting ma...
- Patent number 12,170,355
- Issue date Dec 17, 2024
- Umicore
- Pieter Verhees
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Processes for preparing lithium carbonate
- Patent number 12,168,811
- Issue date Dec 17, 2024
- NEMASKA LITHIUM INC.
- Guy Bourassa
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Integrated lithium extraction
- Patent number 12,157,929
- Issue date Dec 3, 2024
- Schlumberger Technology Corporation
- Ankur D. Jariwala
- C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information Patent Application
FLEXIBLE BRINE PRE-TREATMENT FOR DIRECT LITHIUM EXTRACTION
- Publication number 20250145497
- Publication date May 8, 2025
- SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
- Fazlollah Madani Sani
- C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Information Patent Application
METHOD OF TARGETED RECYCLING OF WASTE BATTERIES
- Publication number 20250149667
- Publication date May 8, 2025
- TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY
- Jinhui LI
- B22 - CASTING POWDER METALLURGY
Information Patent Application
METHOD OF EXTRACTING METAL FROM SALT SOLUTION DERIVED FROM SPENT BA...
- Publication number 20250149669
- Publication date May 8, 2025
- SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.
- Yeon Hwa LA
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR LIQUID-LIQUID EXTRACTION
- Publication number 20250135403
- Publication date May 1, 2025
- Molten Salt Solutions, LLC
- Stephen L. Yarbro
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
Method for recovering lithium from spent cathode of aluminum electr...
- Publication number 20250137093
- Publication date May 1, 2025
- ZHENGZHOU NON-FERROUS METALS RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO.LTD OF CHALCO
- Kaibin CHEN
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
Harnessing Metal Ions from Brines
- Publication number 20250128211
- Publication date Apr 24, 2025
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- John H. Lienhard
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
DEVICES FOR EFFICIENT SORBENT UTILIZATION IN LITHIUM EXTRACTION
- Publication number 20250128186
- Publication date Apr 24, 2025
- Lilac Solutions, Inc.
- Nicolás Andrés GROSSO GIORDANO
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
MODULAR EXTRACTION APPARATUS
- Publication number 20250121329
- Publication date Apr 17, 2025
- International Battery Metals, Ltd.
- John L. BURBA
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
METHOD OF EXTRACTING LITHIUM FROM SPODUMENE AND MEANWHILE RECOVERIN...
- Publication number 20250109456
- Publication date Apr 3, 2025
- TIANQI LITHIUM CORPORATION
- Zhigang YIN
- B22 - CASTING POWDER METALLURGY
Information Patent Application
LITHIUM RECOVERY FROM BRINE
- Publication number 20250101544
- Publication date Mar 27, 2025
- Avonlea Technology Holdings Corp.
- Ronald Otto LINCZ
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS ANALYSIS OF LITHIUM IN BRINE
- Publication number 20250092489
- Publication date Mar 20, 2025
- SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
- Sharath Chandra Mahavadi
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR LITHIUM PRODUCTION
- Publication number 20250091889
- Publication date Mar 20, 2025
- ICSIP PTY LTD
- Richard James HUNWICK
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
ION EXTRACTION COLUMN FOR BRINE
- Publication number 20250092490
- Publication date Mar 20, 2025
- International Bettery Metals, Ltd.
- John L. BURBA
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
ADAPTABLE PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS FOR PURIFYING CO-PRECIPITATED OR IN...
- Publication number 20250070294
- Publication date Feb 27, 2025
- GREEN LI-ION PTE. LTD.
- Reza KATAL
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
LITHIUM-ION BATTERY RECYCLING METHOD
- Publication number 20250070296
- Publication date Feb 27, 2025
- NOVOCYCLE TEKNOLOJI SANAYI TICARET ANONIM SIRKETI
- Fatih Bosna
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS FOR EXTRACTING, PURIFYING, AND RECOVERING MAN...
- Publication number 20250070295
- Publication date Feb 27, 2025
- GREEN LI-ION PTE. LTD.
- Reza KATAL
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
ALL-IN-ONE NICKEL RECOVERING METHOD FOR NICKEL METAL RECOVERY FROM...
- Publication number 20250066878
- Publication date Feb 27, 2025
- KOREA ZINC CO., LTD.
- Heon Sik CHOI
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
ALL-IN-ONE NICKEL RECOVERING METHOD FOR NICKEL RECOVERY FROM RAW MA...
- Publication number 20250066875
- Publication date Feb 27, 2025
- KOREA ZINC CO., LTD.
- Heon Sik CHOI
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
ALL-IN-ONE NICKEL RECOVERING METHOD FOR RECOVERY OF NICKEL OXIDE FR...
- Publication number 20250066876
- Publication date Feb 27, 2025
- KOREA ZINC CO., LTD.
- Heon Sik CHOI
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
ALL-IN-ONE NICKEL RECOVERING METHOD FOR NICKEL HYDROXIDE RECOVERY F...
- Publication number 20250066877
- Publication date Feb 27, 2025
- KOREA ZINC CO., LTD.
- Heon Sik CHOI
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
RECOVERY METHOD OF LITHIUM ION
- Publication number 20250059624
- Publication date Feb 20, 2025
- POSCO Co., Ltd
- Gi-Chun HAN
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR EXTRACTING LITHIUM FROM CLAY AND OTHER MATERIALS IN A CH...
- Publication number 20250059625
- Publication date Feb 20, 2025
- Cypress Holdings (Nevada), Ltd.
- Todd S. Fayram
- C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Information Patent Application
SIMULATED MOVING BED CHROMATOGRAPHY FOR LITHIUM RECOVERY FROM BRINE...
- Publication number 20250050313
- Publication date Feb 13, 2025
- Amalgamated Research LLC
- Peter Ferrero
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
CURING PROCESS FOR SURFACE DEFECTS OF CATHODE MATERIAL
- Publication number 20250051877
- Publication date Feb 13, 2025
- Ascend Elements, Inc.
- Yadong Liu
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR FROTH-CONTROLLED FLOTATION OF ARGILLACEOUS LEPIDOLITE ORE
- Publication number 20250050354
- Publication date Feb 13, 2025
- Kunming University of Science and Technology
- Qicheng FENG
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
VALUABLE METAL RECOVERY ALLOY, VALUABLE METAL RECOVERY COMPOSITION,...
- Publication number 20250055053
- Publication date Feb 13, 2025
- POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
- Sang Woo HAN
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR MONOVALENT ION EXTRACTION
- Publication number 20250041806
- Publication date Feb 6, 2025
- EVOVE LTD
- Fan FEI
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR RECOVERING METALS FROM LITHIUM ION BATTERY WASTE
- Publication number 20250043386
- Publication date Feb 6, 2025
- JX Metals Corporation
- Hirotaka ARIYOSHI
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BATTERY MATERIAL
- Publication number 20250046900
- Publication date Feb 6, 2025
- Prime Planet Energy & Solutions, Inc.
- Shinya SUZUKI
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR RECOVERING LITHIUM IN PREPARATION FOR RECYCLING OF LITHI...
- Publication number 20250046902
- Publication date Feb 6, 2025
- EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG
- Laura Herrmann
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...

Obtaining lithium

Industry

Parent Industries

Current Industry

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Electrodepostion of metals from liquid media

Direct lithium extraction compositions and methods

Lithium recovery using aqueous sources

Methods and systems for reducing magnesium in high salinity salar b...

Methods and systems for scalable direct recycling of battery waste

Method for extracting lithium using resin adsorbent to pretreat low...

System for and method of processing waste lithium-ion battery

Lithium extraction enhanced by an alternate phase

Preparation of lithium carbonate from lithium chloride containing b...

Method for froth-controlled flotation of argillaceous lepidolite ore

Lithium metal recovery and synthesis

Method of producing lithium hydroxide from lithium concentrate thro...

Lithium extraction process and apparatus

Water producing system for a liquid transfer mat

Treated geothermal brine compositions with reduced concentrations o...

Collocating a large-scale dissociating reactor near a geothermal en...

Process for the preparation of lithium metal and lithium alloy moul...

Manganese-lithium separation process and pre-extraction solution pr...

Processing and recycling method and product of ultrathin lithium foil

Method for recovering active metal of lithium secondary battery

Method and system for recovering metals from black mass

Method and device for preparing ultrathin metal lithium foil

Method of lithium extraction from sedimentary clay

Method for recovering waste lithium cobalt oxide battery

Methods for extracting elements from a solution

Modular extraction apparatus

Method for producing magnesium-lithium alloy by gaseous co-condensa...

Process for the recovery of metals from a Li-containing starting ma...

Processes for preparing lithium carbonate

Integrated lithium extraction

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

FLEXIBLE BRINE PRE-TREATMENT FOR DIRECT LITHIUM EXTRACTION

METHOD OF TARGETED RECYCLING OF WASTE BATTERIES

METHOD OF EXTRACTING METAL FROM SALT SOLUTION DERIVED FROM SPENT BA...

METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR LIQUID-LIQUID EXTRACTION

Method for recovering lithium from spent cathode of aluminum electr...

Harnessing Metal Ions from Brines

DEVICES FOR EFFICIENT SORBENT UTILIZATION IN LITHIUM EXTRACTION

MODULAR EXTRACTION APPARATUS

METHOD OF EXTRACTING LITHIUM FROM SPODUMENE AND MEANWHILE RECOVERIN...

LITHIUM RECOVERY FROM BRINE

CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS ANALYSIS OF LITHIUM IN BRINE

PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR LITHIUM PRODUCTION

ION EXTRACTION COLUMN FOR BRINE

ADAPTABLE PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS FOR PURIFYING CO-PRECIPITATED OR IN...

LITHIUM-ION BATTERY RECYCLING METHOD

PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS FOR EXTRACTING, PURIFYING, AND RECOVERING MAN...

ALL-IN-ONE NICKEL RECOVERING METHOD FOR NICKEL METAL RECOVERY FROM...

ALL-IN-ONE NICKEL RECOVERING METHOD FOR NICKEL RECOVERY FROM RAW MA...

ALL-IN-ONE NICKEL RECOVERING METHOD FOR RECOVERY OF NICKEL OXIDE FR...

ALL-IN-ONE NICKEL RECOVERING METHOD FOR NICKEL HYDROXIDE RECOVERY F...

RECOVERY METHOD OF LITHIUM ION

METHOD FOR EXTRACTING LITHIUM FROM CLAY AND OTHER MATERIALS IN A CH...

SIMULATED MOVING BED CHROMATOGRAPHY FOR LITHIUM RECOVERY FROM BRINE...

CURING PROCESS FOR SURFACE DEFECTS OF CATHODE MATERIAL

METHOD FOR FROTH-CONTROLLED FLOTATION OF ARGILLACEOUS LEPIDOLITE ORE

VALUABLE METAL RECOVERY ALLOY, VALUABLE METAL RECOVERY COMPOSITION,...

APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR MONOVALENT ION EXTRACTION

METHOD FOR RECOVERING METALS FROM LITHIUM ION BATTERY WASTE

METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BATTERY MATERIAL

METHOD FOR RECOVERING LITHIUM IN PREPARATION FOR RECYCLING OF LITHI...