A chemical engineer out of the University of Calgary is piloting what she says is a more efficient, cleaner lithium extraction process.
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Litus is using nanotechnology — materials manufactured locally at the atomic level — to absorb lithium from previously untapped sources.
That includes wastewater from geothermal and oil and gas processes, including in Alberta.
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