Lithium demand has soared in the last decade principally due to its use in storage batteries in electric motor vehicles and electrical goods.
Lithium is a commodity of interest in the renewable energy sector being a major component in batteries. Our global reach and expertise is the spectroscopic analysis of complex ores and solutions makes Intertek an ideal laboratory partner for lithium producers. Our team of analysts and chemists can draw on extensive experience to offer expert advice on the complete mineralogical and chemical characterisation of lithium bearing ores, concentrates and brine solutions. Our Perth facility is ISO 17025 accredited for the principal methods used in Li analysis.
Two packages are available for the quantification of lithium; an exploration package using a multi-acid digest to achieve the necessary low
detection limits, and an ore grade package using a peroxide fusion to ensure that accuracy and precision is achieved at higher concentrations.