Western Australia has identified multiple sources of lithium mica , a waste material than can be turned into products such as battery cells , in Western Australia and Germany to develop a new large - scale pilot plant . So far , it has carried out bench - scale and pilot plant trials its own Lepidolite ore deposit in Western Australia . Less has been done with a deposit called Victoria , which varies from other micas in that it has higher ratios of muscovite and lepidolite .
Lithium Australia has identified multiple sources of lithium mica, a waste material than can be turned into products such as battery cathodes, in Western Australia and Germany to feed a new large-scale pilot plant. So far, it has carried out bench-scale and pilot plant trials its 80%-owned Lepidolite Hill deposit in Western Australia. Less has been done with a deposit called Waste2, which varies from other micas in that it has higher ratios of muscovite and lepidolite.