Lionheart will have the capacity to produce 275 GWh of power, and 24 000 t of lithium hydroxide monohydrate (LHM), enough for ca. 500 000 electric vehicles, per annum.
Key points
- The contracts between the company and JordProxa include the design, fabrication, modularisation, and delivery of the core process units for lithium extraction, purification, and concentration at the Lithium Extraction Plant (LEP) via Adsorption-type Direct Lithium Extraction (A-DLE) process and conversion at the Central Lithium Plant (CLP), with a combined value.
- The LEP is located at the upstream integrated D12 site in Landau, Germany, with the CLP located downstream at Industrial Park Höchst, Frankfurt.
- JordProxa will be a major contract supplier and deliver an integrated scope across the Project that covers the core extraction, purification, crystallisation, and evaporation technologies required to transform lithium-rich eluates into high-purity LHM for use in battery electric vehicles.
- JordProxa specialises in advanced water treatment, crystallisation, and evaporation plant and systems.
- The contracts follow a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) entered into by the company and JordProxa in May 2024 to enhance project processes and production, streamline delivery times, and optimise the company’s project costs. Additionally, the MoU facilitated early engagement with the Engineering Procurement and Construction contractor and the Main Electrical and Automation Contractor to clarify scope definition, boundary limits, design principles, standards, and interfaces.
- The signing of the contracts are a condition precedent to financing, which the company is targeting to finalise, together with additional project and financing agreements, in Q425.
Vulcan Energy’s Managing Director and CEO, Cris Moreno, commented: “The signing of these contracts build on our established partnership with JordProxa, a company which shares Vulcan’s commitment to excellence, innovation and sustainability. JordProxa is a leading company in the purification and concentration of battery grade materials, and we are delighted to be using this world-class experience to deliver our flagship Phase One Lionheart Project.
“We’re thrilled to be working alongside the exceptional JordProxa team as we progress towards construction of the project, which will deliver Europe’s first fully domestic and sustainable lithium value chain.”
JordProxa Managing Director, Paul Browne, commented: “We are pleased to strengthen our relationship with Vulcan and support its mission to become Europe’s leading sustainable lithium business through the provision of an integrated and optimised flowsheet solution.
“This innovative project will use a variety of our world class technology products; we are proud to be playing a role in ensuring the purity of the lithium is of the highest order for Vulcan’s offtake partners.”