MIT Researchers Develop Low-Cost Process to Extract Lithium from Hard Rock

Conventional lithium recovery involves heating the spodumene at over 1,000 degrees Celsius

June 3, 2026

/ Melvin Mathew
/ Electric Vehicles, Energy Storage, Technology
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers have developed a low-temperature process to extract battery-grade lithium from spodumene, the most common lithium-bearing hard rock mineral.

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