lithium hydroxide

American

noun

Chemistry.

a white, crystalline, water-soluble compound, LiOH, used to absorb carbon dioxide, especially in spacesuits.

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In a report, BMI says it now expects average 2025 prices for Chinese lithium carbonate at $10,100/metric ton and for Chinese lithium hydroxide at $9,700/ton, both higher than previously envisaged.

From The Wall Street Journal

American Battery won a grant in 2022 to build and operate a manufacturing facility for battery cathode grade lithium hydroxide, a component in electric vehicles.

From Barron's

The Department of Energy terminates a grant for a battery cathode grade lithium hydroxide manufacturing facility.

From Barron's

Chinese companies refine the spodumene into solid lithium, and into the two lithium compounds used in batteries - lithium hydroxide and lithium carbonate.

From BBC

The first refined lithium to be commercially produced in Australia happened back in 2022, when Perth-based IGO announced that it was making battery-grade lithium hydroxide at its Kwinana Refinery in Western Australia.

From BBC

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