-- 標準鋰業（Standard Lithium，股票代號：SLI.V）週三宣布，其位於阿肯色州埃爾多拉多的示範工廠已達成多項營運里程碑。 該公司表示，該工廠已處理了100萬桶來自斯馬克奧弗組（Smackover Formation）的即時抽取的真實鹵水。 該公司稱，將在阿肯色州西南部計畫中使用的核心直接鋰萃取技術已成功完成超過15,000個循環，實現了超過95%的鋰回收率和超過99%的關鍵污染物去除率等基本性能目標。 標準鋰業補充道，在過去六年的營運中，由操作員、技術人員、實驗室專家和工程師組成的團隊已累積工作約34萬工時，且未發生任何事故。 「處理和分析如此大量的實際鋰鹵水，能夠提供獨特而可靠的數據集，從而支持我們所選工藝技術的可擴展性和風險降低，」總裁兼首席營運官安迪·羅賓遜（Andy Robinson）表示。 “這也鞏固了我們在斯馬克奧弗組地層的先發優勢，因為我們是該地區唯一一個已經做好開工準備、即將做出最終投資決定的項目。”
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