Critical mineral processing and industrial water technology provider Aquatech has formed a strategic partnership with Momentum Technologies to support US production of high-purity battery materials and rare earth elements).
Momentum will pair its Membrane Solvent Extraction (MSX) technology with Aquatech’s PEARL process licensing technology platform. Aquatech’s platform supports over 100,000 tons per year of lithium and critical minerals processing capacity. The company also brings experience in design, delivery and operation of large-scale facilities.
Momentum’s MSX technology produces high-purity refined products from primary and secondary feedstocks, including mined rare earth materials, lithium-ion battery black mass, magnet swarf, industrial waste streams and mining byproducts. Customers have validated the battery-grade nickel, cobalt and lithium compounds produced at its demonstration plant.
The PEARL technology platform is an end-to-end approach to lithium processing, combining full flowsheet optimization, modular delivery and lifecycle performance management. PEARL enables a reduction of at least 20% in total capital and operating costs relative to conventional methods, according to the company, while providing cost and schedule certainty and long-term operational reliability.
The platform is a modular architecture that spans the full project lifecycle. It consists of five core services:
- PEARL Origin: An assessment of resources to accelerate investment-grade feasibility.
- PEARL Core: A fully integrated lithium processing flowsheet including critical equipment and direct lithium extraction (DLE) media, backed by license and guarantees.
- PEARL Train: Factory-manufactured lithium processing modules, supporting compressed project schedules and reducing installation cost.
- PEARL Pure: Continuous operational support, including media, membranes and consumables supply supporting product purity and lithium recovery over the life of the facility.
- PEARL Vision: Continuous operational intelligence using advanced sensing and AI-based digital twins to improve recovery, uptime and lifecycle efficiency.
“After listening to our customers and other stakeholders, it was clear to us that developers and resource owners need a toolkit to get from brine to battery-grade lithium,” said Venkee Sharma, Executive Chairman at Aquatech. “We created the PEARL platform to address the core challenges of high cost, technology performance risk, and cost and schedule certainty.”
“Building resilient domestic supply chains requires integrated, bankable processing technology and delivery at industrial scale,” said Ravi Chidambaran, President and Chief Technology Officer at Aquatech. “Momentum’s MSX technology brings differentiated separation capability, and when combined with Aquatech’s expansive technology platform for lithium and critical mineral processing, enables a single, accountable solution from feedstock through finished product.”
Source: Aquatech
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