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 . managing director Adrian Griffin said: “Lithium Australia continues its war on waste. Less has been done with a deposit called Victoria , which varies from other micas in that it has higher ratios of muscovite and lepidolite .
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 .