SW Arkansas’ Standard Lithium to make billion dollar decision on moving forward

Standard Lithium has reached a milestone after nine years as a player in southwest Arkansas lithium.

The company's lithium demonstration plant, part of an existing bromine production facility south of El Dorado, has processed 42 million gallons of water, achieving more than 95% lithium recovery.

The work there, they say, has validated the Direct Lithium Extraction technology they will use to produce lithium commercially. They are also proud of six years of operations at the plant- 340,000 worker hours- with no safety incidents.

SLI staff are already talking about planning community events to introduce their contractors and talk about the “nitty-gritty mechanics” of the construction project and the jobs it will bring — 100 for operations and 300-500 for construction.