Canadian mining company MGX Minerals has successfully extracted lithium from heavy oil wastewater , with plans to optimise the process for pilot plant deployment . (copy the HTML code below): The technology is the first of its kind to extract lithium from oil brine , resulting in a 50 % reduction in production time in comparison to solar thermal processes . Heavy oil evaporator for wastewater ( EBD ) is a product of the heavy oil extraction process , which contains valuable minerals . The pilot plant will treat EBD to offer environmentally friendly disposal methods and to produce electricity for oil sand producers .
Canadian mining company MGX Minerals has successfully extracted lithium from heavy oil wastewater , with plans to optimise the process for pilot plant deployment . The technology is the first of its kind to extract lithium from oil brine , resulting in a 50 % reduction in production time in comparison to solar thermal processes . Heavy oil evaporator for wastewater ( EBD ) is a product of the heavy oil extraction process , which contains valuable minerals . The pilot plant will treat EBD to offer environmentally friendly disposal methods and to produce electricity for oil sand producers .