Rowan Halkes

🚨 New (and my first) paper "Life cycle assessment and water use impacts of lithium production from salar deposits: Challenges and opportunities" has now been published! 🔋💧 doi.org/10.1016/j.resc… Thanks again to the team behind it!

Latest edition of Lithium Voice is out, featuring our article, "A Short Introduction to Salars"! 🏔️💧🧂🔋 Thank you to @ILiA_lithium for the opportunity and the whole team behind this at @BritGeoSurvey. #the-lithium-voice-volume-7-2024-english/6/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">lithium.org/lithium-voice/…

Blog post about our trip to South America to collaboratively investigate how lithium production can be scaled up responsibly. Huge thanks to everyone who took the time to meet and discuss with us, and those who made the trip possible!

🚴 Is everyone else loving the cycling at the #OlympicGames? Many of the components found on a racing bike require materials derived from the ground beneath our feet. In case you’re wondering, here are the basic materials required, & some are more obscure than you might think:

Over 600 mineral exploration project reports are now available through the UK Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre. The reports contain: geological mapping soil & stream sediment geochemistry data geophysical surveys drill core logs assay data More: bgs.ac.uk/news/over-600-…

Do you know where the materials to make things like your phone and TV come from? Using #TheCommoditree, we'll be exploring critical minerals with guests @royalsociety's summer science festival this weekend! Hope to see you there!

@emma_tj1 @CambSchMines @MinviroLtd @BritGeoSurvey @Li4FutureTech @FrancesWallCSM @EPetavratzi @nom_D_plumes Thanks Emma!

@RowanHalkes @CambSchMines @MinviroLtd @BritGeoSurvey @Li4FutureTech @FrancesWallCSM @EPetavratzi @nom_D_plumes Congratulations on your first paper, the first of many I’m sure 👏

🚨 New (and my first) paper "Life cycle assessment and water use impacts of lithium production from salar deposits: Challenges and opportunities" has now been published! 🔋💧 doi.org/10.1016/j.resc… Thanks again to the team behind it!

@JKajuri @CambSchMines @MinviroLtd @BritGeoSurvey @Li4FutureTech @FrancesWallCSM @EPetavratzi @nom_D_plumes Thanks Juha!

@RowanHalkes @CambSchMines @MinviroLtd @BritGeoSurvey @Li4FutureTech @FrancesWallCSM @EPetavratzi @nom_D_plumes Congratulations Rowan!!

SQM - Codelco Agreement signed As of 2030, Codelco to take control of the 51-49 JV. The agreement enables a smooth transition and that SQM´s technical and commercial teams continue projecting their work over their years. Expansions to 300+ kMT-LCE become more certain. df.cl/empresas/miner…

The @GeolSoc is launching an Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility Committee. If you're interested to join it, please find details here: geolsoc.org.uk/About/Diversit…

India seeks overseas help for lithium processing to avoid relying on China. #lithium ow.ly/flj250RnWaB

Lithium production from Africa is projected to triple in 2024 compared to the previous year, according to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. ow.ly/UBk750RjiiL

🇨🇱"Codelco...for prioritizing payments into state coffers while putting off investments in overhauling depleting mines.....[the copper production] forecast has been slashed to about 1.6 million tons...The difference...amounts to enough copper to make 6 million Teslas a year"

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$VUL.AX Start of production! Vulcan’s first lithium chloride (LiCl) produced from Vulcan ‘s Lithium Extraction Optimisation Plant (LEOP). Announcement: v-er.eu/announcements/ EQS-Ah-hoc:bit.ly/3VP0Fbd #Delivering #FirstLiCl #ExecutionReady #ZEROCARBON #LITHIUM™ #Project #Energytransition #Mobilitytransition #Geothermalenergy #ERLG #SustainabilityLeadership #cleanenergyfuture #batteries #ElectricVehicles #RenewableEnergy #Directlithiumextraction

Expertos de @BritGeoSurvey junto a @sernageomincl y @Minmineria_cl facilitan taller para identificar los desafíos científicos que limitan la producción sostenible de litio y abordar la necesidad de aumentar suministro en contexto de crisis climática y descarbonización económica.

Our @Li4FutureTech project is coming to an end and we celebrated with an excellent meeting @NHM_London this week discussing all aspects of lithium resources. We're developing #Lithium mineral systems models, but still have more questions than answers!

IEA to launch security program for minerals critical to energy sector ow.ly/MsfA50QAJza

Argentina, US strengthen ties concerning critical minerals. mining.com/argentina-us-s…

The TARGET Centre for Doctoral Training is offering a wide range of FULLY FUNDED PhD projects in topics related to mineral resources and the energy transition. Deadline is Wednesday 31st so move quick! target.le.ac.uk