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Metal Movers: Can lithium be produced without consuming water?
28 minutes Posted Aug 20, 2026 at 1:25 pm.
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In this episode, ElectraLith chief executive Charlie McGill explains how the company's electrochemical extraction and refining technology aims to eliminate water and chemical use during processing, while helping bring new lithium resources into production.
Key topics include:
ElectraLith's Captura partnership and pilot programme
Why water is becoming a key lithium constraint
The economics of direct lithium extraction and refining
The challenge of refining outside China
Where governments should focus funding