Vulcan starts commercial production of VULSORB adsorbent in Germany
Original announcement by miningtechnology on
- Company
- Vulcan Energy Resources
- Ticker
- Unavailable
- Exchange
- Unavailable
- Region
- Germany
- Primary commodity
- Lithium
- Secondary commodities
- None reported
- Document categories
- Metallurgy, Production
- Extracted
- 2026-09-21 16:33:13 UTC
Minestarters Atlas analysis
Summary
Vulcan Energy Resources has commenced commercial-scale production of its proprietary VULSORB lithium extraction adsorbent in Germany. The material is intended to support the upcoming commissioning of Project Lionheart in H2 2028, which aims for 24,000 tpa of lithium hydroxide monohydrate.
Reasoning: The start of commercial production for a proprietary DLE adsorbent is a significant technological and supply chain milestone for the company's flagship project.
Positive factors
- Commencement of commercial-scale production of proprietary adsorbent
- De-risking of the Lionheart Project supply chain
- High extraction efficiency (95%) demonstrated in trials
- Ex-China supply chain advantage
Facts used in scoring: 1
Classification and evidence
High Recoverypositive
Recovery at or above the exceptional band for the commodity and processing route.
Why it applies: 95% lithium extraction efficiency is exceptional for DLE processes.
Evidence · text
“the material achieved up to 95% lithium extraction efficiency”
Mill Routeneutral
Processing via mill or concentrator (CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation).
Why it applies: The process involves adsorption-type Direct Lithium Extraction (A-DLE).
Evidence · text
“VULSORB material forms part of the Adsorption-type Direct Lithium Extraction (A-DLE) process”
Single Domain Onlynegative
Testing limited to one composite or domain — representativeness not established.
Why it applies: only one composite was tested
Extracted facts
Stored fact records: 1. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.
Metallurgical Results (1)
industrial demonstration testingProject Lionheart · lithiumRecovery: 95 %View all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- Project Lionheart
- Commodity
- lithium
- Region
- germany
- Reported Region
- Germany
Test Work
- Program Status
- detailed
- Test Type
- industrial demonstration testing
- Processing Route
- Adsorption-type Direct Lithium Extraction (A-DLE)
- Sample
- VULSORB adsorbent trials
Recovery
- Recovery
- 95 %
- Recovery Basis
- actual_test
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: High extraction efficiency demonstrated across thousands of cycles.
Positive factors
- 95% extraction efficiency achieved
Evidence · text
“the material achieved up to 95% lithium extraction efficiency across thousands of operating cycles”
Tags used in scoring
High Recoverypositive
Recovery at or above the exceptional band for the commodity and processing route.
Why it applies: 95% is at or above the exceptional band (80%)
How Atlas produces this analysis
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