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It was learned from the website of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission that recently, the third phase of the technological transformation project of the lithium project in the Yili Ping production area of China Salt Lake, the world's first salt lake raw brine adsorption project under China Minmetals Corporation, successfully completed the trial run of feedstock after 10 consecutive hours of stable operation, laying a solid foundation for the subsequent product launch and official production.

The third phase of the lithium project's technological transformation is located in the Yiliping area of the Qaidam Basin in Qinghai Province, with a total construction area of approximately 12,000 square meters. The construction mainly includes two parts: the salt field pumping station, pipelines, and the lithium carbonate production area. Based on the already operational lithium carbonate production line with an annual output of 10,000 tons, the original halide lithium extraction process will be adopted to upgrade and transform the original production process. Add an annual production capacity of 5,000 tons of lithium carbonate.

The third phase of the lithium project's technological transformation adopts the "Research on High-Efficiency Lithium Extraction Technology from Salt Lake Raw Brine" pioneered by the affiliated China Minmetals Salt Lake. This effectively combines the forward-looking research on salt lake technologies with the upgrading and transformation of production technologies, further verifying the feasibility of lithium extraction from salt lake raw brine and large-scale production. After the project is completed, the comprehensive yield of lithium in the Yili Ping production area can be nearly doubled, the production cycle of lithium carbonate will be significantly shortened, the service life of the mining area will be effectively extended, and the production cost of lithium carbonate will continue to decrease.