CANONSBURG, Pa., Sept. 16, 2025/ PRNewswire/– Aquatech has actually gotten Koch Innovation Solutions’ (KTS) direct lithium extraction (DLE) organization, incorporating the Li-Pro ™ Lithium Selective Sorption (LSS) innovation and substantial Li-Pro IP portfolio into the PEARL ™ procedure innovation platform.
The acquisition of KTS’ Li-Pro LSS innovation includes direct lithium extraction to Aquatech’s substantial procedure flowsheet IP, lithium conversion and condensation abilities. With this addition, Aquatech’s PEARL platform ends up being the only commercially shown, end-to-end flowsheet service for lithium processing. Covering lithium extraction, filtration and refining, the PEARL procedure innovation platform provides high-purity battery products for electrical automobiles (EV) and utility-scale electrical energy storage systems (ESS).
The combination and optimization of upstream and downstream lithium processing will empower lithium resource owners with modularized procedure options at scale. This technique enhances job bankability by eliminating procedure threat, speeding up job schedules and lowering the overall expense of lithium production. Li-Pro LSS will be offered under innovation license as part of the PEARL complete flowsheet licensing offerings.
As part of the acquisition, all continuous lithium extraction tasks using Li-Pro innovation and associated licenses, arrangements and efficiency warranties will be moved to Aquatech. This consists of KTS’ function in the Joint Advancement Contract (JDA) with Basic Lithium Ltd. SLI A in the Smackover Development, where they have actually finished over 12,000 functional cycles utilizing Li-Pro innovation at their presentation plant and attained a typical lithium healing of over 95%. It likewise consists of a licensing contract with Smackover Lithium, a joint endeavor in between Requirement Lithium and Equinor EQNR EQNR, for the very first stage of its South West Arkansas job. The job is amongst the biggest lithium tasks in the United States, with a preliminary stage of 22,500 heaps per year (tpa) of lithium carbonate comparable targeting very first production in 2028, with substantial scope for future growth.
” Koch Innovation Solutions has actually shown the Li-Pro LSS innovation as an effective DLE service, and the time has actually pertained to scale it for the marketplace. Aquatech is distinctively put to scale this innovation and provide it into tasks as an expense competitive, end-to-end procedure service, producing substantial worth for the lithium market,” commented Dave Dotson, President at Koch Engineered Solutions, the moms and dad business of KTS.
” We are positive that our tradition lithium consumers will take advantage of the wider offering of Aquatech. More broadly, Koch continues to keep an active interest in the success of the innovation by means of its financial investments in numerous crucial business within the lithium minerals and lithium battery markets,” stated Garrett Krall, Vital Minerals & & Lithium Magnate at Koch Innovation Solutions.
” Fragmented innovation offerings increase job expense, threat and time-to-market, which has actually prevented the ramp-up of urgently required important minerals production in the Americas and Europe Bringing Li-Pro into the PEARL innovation platform resolves this pushing market requirement by using the only tested complete flowsheet service that incorporates both upstream and downstream lithium processing innovation,” commented Venkee Sharma, Executive Chairman at Aquatech.
Mr. Sharma continued, “We invite the KTS Li-Pro group to Aquatech and applaud them on the pioneering work done to establish Li-Pro LSS. With over 45 years of experience scaling commercially tested innovations, we are delighted to progress Li-Pro LSS both as a standalone innovation offering and as part of the PEARL platform.”
About Aquatech
Aquatech leverages ingenious innovation, engineering and execution management to fix the world’s most requiring procedure difficulties in lithium, important minerals and commercial water. Aquatech’s innovation portfolio, job execution and service abilities are grounded in a culture of efficiency quality developed over 4 years, with countless centers utilizing our options in over 60 nations.
www.aquatech.com
About Koch Innovation Solutions
Koch Innovation Solutions (KTS) is a leader in innovation licensing, providing running performance and capital performance for licensees releasing the innovations in our portfolio. KTS partners with business establishing chemical procedure innovations to develop appealing licensing options for business release, assisting to bring the next generation of procedure innovations to the marketplace.
www.kochtechsolutions.com
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