CleanTech Laguna Verde scoping study estimates 20,000 mt/year of lithium carbonate output

Lithium mine developer CleanTech Lithium has completed the scoping study for its Laguna Verde lithium project in Chile, which estimated that the project could produce 20,000 mt/year of lithium carbonate over a 30-year operating life, it said Jan. 5. The study also determined a construction period of one and a half years, a direct lithium extraction recovery rate of 90.4%,…