Lithium Americas Corp (LAC) has announced that POSCO’s innovative high efficiency lithium extraction demonstration plant operating at LAC’s Cauchari salar in Jujuy Province, Argentina, has produced in excess of 6 t of lithium compound since the formal inauguration of the Demo Plant on December 22, 2014. These initial 6 t of lithium compound will now be sent by POSCO to Korea for final processing and packaging, and then delivered for testing to end users and potential customers. POSCO has advised that initial test results indicate that the Demo Plant is achieving or exceeding all initial performance targets as it has operated on a continuous 24 hour production cycle.
