Holcim is expanding its electric mining equipment fleet at the 2 Mt/y Małogoszcz cement plant in Poland, backed by completion of the second stage of a dedicated charging station for its quarry vehicles. The large captive limestone quarry is being used as a testbed to run battery-electric mining units in a continuous production environment, with infrastructure scaled to support multiple heavy-duty machines. For geotechnical and quarry operators, the project offers an early full-scale reference for integrating high-capacity charging into hard rock extraction logistics.

Captura and ElectraLith are integrating Captura’s bipolar membrane electrodialysis (BMED) stacks with ElectraLith’s direct lithium extraction and refining (DLE-R) system in two commercial-scale pilot plants targeting US lithium supply. The DLE-R process is designed to treat multiple brine resources and produce battery-grade lithium hydroxide or carbonate at purities above 99.5%, while BMED aims to cut energy use and capital cost in electrochemical separation. Captura will supply BMED stacks to ElectraLith for at least five years, with pilot commissioning planned for early 2027 to test combined performance at near-commercial scale.

Captura, a US electrochemical platform provider, and ElectraLith, a direct lithium extraction specialist, have formed a strategic partnership to commercialise ElectraLith’s DLE-R extraction-and-refining technology. The collaboration aims to deploy lower-impact, lower-cost lithium recovery using electrochemical processes rather than traditional evaporation ponds or hard‑rock routes. For project developers, the deal signals growing commercial backing for DLE flowsheets that can be integrated with brine operations to reduce surface footprint and potentially shorten time to first production.