How this Aussie mining tech company is doing its bit for the planet
by Sally Patten · Australian Financial ReviewSally PattenBOSS editor
Astart-up developing a lithium extraction process that is cheaper, less environmentally harmful and less reliant on China for processing has won the Agriculture, Mining, Engineering and Utilities category of The Australian Financial Review 2024 BOSS Most Innovative Companies awards.
The technology, developed 2½ years ago by Professor Huanting Wang at Monash University and being developed by ElectraLith, enables the extraction of lithium – critical to the manufacture of batteries for mobile phones, laptops, digital cameras and electric vehicles – without water or chemicals.
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Sally PattenBOSS editorSally Patten edits BOSS, and writes about workplace issues. She was the financial services editor and personal finance editor of the AFR, The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. She edited business news for The Times of London. Connect with Sally on Twitter. Email Sally at spatten@afr.com
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