Mining Project
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General Information
- Investment Company: ARCADIUM LITHIUM
- Operating Company: MINERA DEL ALTIPLANO S.A
- Source of Capital: Estados Unidos
- Address: Junín Esquina Prado - (4700) - San Fernando Del Valle de Catamarca - Provincia de Catamarca // Ejército del Norte 20 - (4400) - Salta - Provincia de Salta
- Phone: +54 (0) 383-443322 y +54 (0) 387-4322100
Project Details
– Location
Catamarca and Salta provinces
– Description
Brine extraction
– Minerals
Lithium
– Stage
Producción
– Mine Operation
Production from evaporation
– Processing
Development from evaporation in lithium brines. At Salar del Hombre Muerto (Catamarca Province) are located the Selective Adsorption Plant, the Auxiliary Services plant and the Lithium Carbonate plant . At Salta province there are the lithium chloride plant, and the Load Transfer Station.
Project Photos
Additional Comments
- The company uses a proprietary form of Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) technology.
- As of 2023, the company had 18,000 metric tons of lithium carbonate capacity on site, and 9,000 product metric tons of lithium chloride capacity at Güemes, in Salta Province.
- The company is undergoing several phased expansions to increase lithium carbonate production capacity to 100,000 metric tons per year by around the end of the decade.