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Olivine "the most abundant mineral in Earth's upper mantle".
“... Aspiring Materials has developed a patented chemical process that produces multiple valuable minerals from olivine ... nickel-manganese-cobalt hydroxide that is increasingly required for lithium-ion battery production …
About 50 percent of what the process makes is silica that can be a partial replacement for Portland cement, the most common variety of cement in the world. About 40 percent is a magnesium product suitable for use in carbon sequestration, wastewater treatment, and alloy manufacturing, among other things.
The final 10 percent is a mixed metal product—iron combined with small quantities of a nickel-manganese-cobalt hydroxide. The battery industry calls it NMC ...”
"... Aspiring’s pilot plant, which opened in February ..."
"... Aspiring is not the only company looking to extract more value from already-mined materials. Canadian company Atlas Materials is currently commercializing a similar closed-loop process that produces a similar set of products, but the starting point differs—rather than olivine, it focuses on serpentine. ..."
Chemical Process Produces Critical Battery Metals With No Waste "Aspiring Materials is turning olivine into several useful materials"
Aspiring Minerals, based in New Zealand, is operating a pilot plant to break apart olivine into more useful materials.
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