Processing
Talison Lithium has two processing plants, one producing technical-grade lithium concentrates and one producing chemical-grade lithium concentrate, located at the mining operations. Ore containing 3.5% to 4.5% Li2O is fed into the processing plants which upgrade the lithium mineral, using gravity, heavy media, flotation and magnetic processes, into a range of lithium concentrates for bulk or bagged shipment.
The processing plants have various operating modes allowing them to produce a variety of different lithium concentrates to meet specific customer requirements.
Processing operations at the Greenbushes Lithium Operations were upgraded in early 2009 to the current nominal capacity of 600,000tpa of ore feed yielding approximately 260,000tpa of lithium concentrate.
