About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2026 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Rare Metal Extraction & Processing
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| Presentation Title |
Unlocking the Development of a Domestic Lithium Industry in the United States |
| Author(s) |
Khosrow Biglarbigi, Marshall Carolus, Vanessa Murakami |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Marshall Carolus |
| Abstract Scope |
In response to widespread electrification, the U.S. and global demands for lithium are expected to grow significantly over the next decades. While U.S. production is currently limited to Nevada, there are several projects under consideration throughout the U.S. INTEK has recently completed an assessment of the domestic lithium production potential. This assessment included: 1) more than 2,300 potential sites for hard rock mining, solution mining, and direct lithium extraction (DLE) applied to brine from aquifers and produced oil and gas waters, 2) five existing and emerging extraction and processing technologies, 3) detailed project-level economic analysis, and 4) estimation of regional and national results including production, reserves, and socio-economic benefits under a range of technology and economic assumptions. The analysis determined that the lithium resources are sufficient, under certain economic and technology scenarios, to meet the projected demand in the U.S. and support an export market. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Characterization, Modeling and Simulation, |