Industrial Minerals


IM Lithium News in Brief 28 February – 6 March

06 March 2013

by Emma Hughes

Nemaska moves ahead with Quebec-based plant; Boeing to stick with li-ion batteries

Keywords: lithium, lithium carbonate, Nemaska Lithium, Canada Lithium, Boeing, Cabot corp, US, Canada, Japan

Nemaska Lithium Inc. this week clarified its decision to build a Phase 1 lithium hydroxide and lithium carbonate plant in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada.

The plant will have an average combined capacity of 426 tpa at 80% plant availability instead of the maximum 500 tpa mentioned in a release on 7 February, the company said.

Nemaska intends to become a lithium hydroxide/carbonate producer based in Quebec, and has filed patent applications for its proprietary methods to produce lithium hydroxide and lithium carbonate.

The company also announced that it has obtained a receipt...