The partnership aims to develop a fully modularized production process with best-in-class technologies, run field tests at a client project to corroborate and optimize performance, and then commercialize globally.
Evove plans to commission the first modularized DLE plant in the fourth quarter of 2024, with scaled expansion to full production expected at that client’s site by 2027.
The planned pilot site is located close to an upcoming battery manufacturing facility, helping to secure a domestic supply of lithium for the region.
Chris Wyres, Evove’s chief executive, said the partnership was born through a mutual understanding of the connections between lithium and the oil and gas sector.
“We established an easily scalable, modular engineering approach to our DLE from the get-go, which makes Zelandez with their modular carbonation approach a natural partner for us,” explained Wyres.
“We are mimicking the standardisation of plants using our technologies in more mature sectors we are active in, such as desalination. Combining Zelandez’s expertise in well management and the downstream conversion to a battery product, with Evove’s highly efficient processing of lithium brine, is central to now ramping up lithium production rapidly in key geographies.”
“Often it’s the quality of the people that make a business successful, and Evove is no exception,” said Clint Van Marrewijk, the co-founder of Zelandez. “They have combined the significant technical expertise needed, with typical British doggedness, to develop some impressive lithium technology.”
The agreement was formalized at the Fastmarkets Lithium Supply and Battery Raw Materials conference event in Las Vegas, USA.
