Lithium Refining Industry
Engineered Solutions for High-Temperature Mineral Fusion
We Help You Power the Future
As demand for electric vehicles and energy storage accelerates, Whiting supports lithium processors with high-performance crystallizers and evaporators. Our systems are built to meet the purity, yield, and scalability demands of battery-grade lithium production, serving both traditional hard-rock and brine feedstock based facilities.
Essential Lithium and Battery Raw Materials Solutions
Whiting systems are engineered to support:
- Lithium Carbonate - Battery precursor material requiring high purity for Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) cathode chemistries.
- Lithium Hydroxide – Essential for nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) cathode chemistries; final crystal size control and purity are critical to end-use quality.
- Lithium Sulfate and Lithium Chloride – Used in intermediate steps or specialty lithium formulations.
- Recycled Lithium - Crystallization of reclaimed lithium from black mass and spent battery material streams.
- Nickel Sulphate - Cobalt Sulphate and Manganese Sulphate – battery precursor materials requiring high purity for NMC Cathode chemistries
- Recycled Nickel - Cobalt and Manganese - Crystallization of reclaimed Nickel, Cobalt and Manganese from black mass and spent battery material streams.
Applications span:
- Electric vehicle battery production
- Grid storage systems
- Specialty chemicals and pharmaceutical-grade lithium products
We support both upstream and downstream integration, including direct lithium extraction (DLE), brine evaporation, and crystal washing through centrifuging.
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Our Clients
Quality Engineering & Proven Reliability
Our equipment maximizes the recovery of high-purity, battery grade lithium, effectively removing contaminants and improving overall process efficiency.
- Swenson-licensed crystallizer technology for high-efficiency, low-fouling performance
- Multiple-effect evaporators tuned for lithium-rich brines
- Experience supporting North American lithium and battery recycling operations since 1950
- Reactive crystallization technology
Trusted Partner in Lithium Supply Chains
Whiting acts as an extension of your process engineering team. We support:
- Brine Analysis.
- Evaporation and crystallization studies
- Pilot systems for new projects.
- Modeling and Simulation
- Process Design
- Equipment Design
- Front-end engineering design (FEED)
- Plant-wide system integration.
- Economic evaluation.
- Flexible expansion plans to align with evolving demand.
Let’s Build Lithium Systems
Whether you’re commissioning a new lithium plant or expanding output, Whiting provides the evaporation and crystallization backbone to get you there.