DELICIOUS

DELICIOUS: Direct Lithium Extraction from Aqueous Streams

A cSBO project subsidized by VLAIO (HBC.2025.0594), fully aligned with the MateriNex roadmap Strategic and Critical Raw Materials

 

 

Project Aim


The overall objective of DELICIOUS is to advance technologies for Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) from dilute and unconventional lithium-bearing streams, followed by the conversion into battery-grade lithium hydroxide monohydrate (LHM). This will be achieved by developing a fundamental understanding of the extraction and conversion mechanisms, while addressing the current limitations of these processes when applied to low-concentration lithium streams.