ABOUT ALIX
A simpler path to battery-grade lithium.
ALIX is Altillion’s redefined solvent extraction process for lithium concentration and purification. It runs downstream of any DLE — ion-exchange, absorbent, or membrane — and produces a rich, low-impurity LiCl stream ready for carbonate conversion.
The result: battery-grade lithium with smaller equipment, less chemistry, and significantly lower production cost.
Simple
Eliminates many high-cost, high-energy equipment packages — simplifying the flowsheet and shrinking the project footprint.
Efficient
Works synergistically with all DLE technologies — efficiently concentrating and purifying lithium from any starting concentration.
Profitable
Reduces concentration and purification costs by more than 50% — alleviating project financing hurdles and maximizing margins.
WHY ALIX
Leading in the field of clean and efficient mineral extraction.
Altillion’s proprietary extraction platforms are designed to recover multiple minerals selectively and efficiently, even in the most challenging brines.
Redefines Solvent Extraction (SX)
As a highly advanced and efficient SX system design, ALIX reduces capital expenses, operational expenses, equipment size, and complexity compared to traditional SX systems.
Eliminates Extractant Losses
With a proprietary closed-loop recovery, ALIX is environmentally safe and lowers OPEX by eliminating the losses of chemistry.
Can Optimize Many SX Applications
The innovative approach to ALIX enhances chemistry efficiency and reduces operating expenses for many SX systems, creating synergies with other SX technology innovators.
Lowest-Cost DLE Lithium Production
ALIX is compatible with any DLE system and maximizes the overall DLE flowsheet efficiency, resulting in less impurities, less CAPEX, and lower OPEX to produce battery grade LCE.
Enables Broad Critical Minerals Recovery
Our platform provides a flexible implementation process for lithium, copper, battery recycling, and other critical mineral applications, while preserving compatibility with diverse chemistries.
Accelerated Commercial Deployment
ALIX leverages patented, commercialized foundational systems to de-risk scale-up and fast-track deployment.
THE PROCESS
ALIX redefines solvent extraction and critical minerals recovery.
ALIX is a top-to-bottom redesign of solvent extraction — built around proprietary mixing and closed-loop extractant recovery.
The result is higher recovery and product quality, with dramatically lower equipment size, chemistry use, and operating costs.
99%
RECOVERY
Up to 99% lithium recovery with much less chemistry than other SX systems
2X
CONCENTRATION
Achieves 2x higher lithium concentration compared to membrane systems
10X
OUTPUT
Achieves 10x higher quality output compared to membrane systems
MAX
YIELD
Maximizes yield and cost savings on final battery grade lithium carbonate conversion
THE ALIX ADVANTAGE
ALIX advances lithium extraction in every available metric.
MetricsBASELINES |
Traditional SXCONVENTIONAL FLOWSHEET |
Redefined SXALIX FLOWSHEET |
|---|---|---|
|
Residence Time |
Long |
Minimized |
|
Extraction Stages |
Many Stages |
1-3 Stages |
|
Equipment Size |
Large |
4-6x Smaller |
|
Capital Expenses |
High |
Low |
|
Lithium Concentration |
Inefficient at Low Concentrations |
>15 mg/L |
|
Relative Extractant Volume |
Much Higher |
60-70% Less |
|
Chemistry Losses |
High |
Very Low |
|
Chemical/Reagent Intensity |
Excess Chemistry Required |
Optimized Injection Rate |
|
System Efficiency |
Low |
4-6x Increase |
|
Operating Expenses |
High |
Low |
|
Environmental Impact |
High |
Low |
|
Product Quality |
High |
High |
|
Extraction Efficiency |
Much Lower |
Up to 99% |
Lower Equipment Costs
Better liquid-liquid contacting from proprietary mixing reduces the size of equipment needed, enables targeting of lower concentrations, and reduces extractant volume used.
Lower Operating Expenses
Advanced extractant recovery system enables use of high-efficiency mixing system while providing superior extractant recovery for lower chemistry losses and improved environmental impact.
Optimized Performance
Together these system advantages provide process improvements that result in lower capital expenses, lower operating expenses, and reduced environmental impact while driving profitability.
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valuable future, together.
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