Saint-Gobain Ceramics and Eurodia Industrie have entered a strategic partnership to offer integrated material and process solutions for the direct lithium extraction (DLE) market. The collaboration brings together Saint-Gobain’s lithium-selective ceramic adsorbents with Eurodia’s system engineering and liquid purification expertise, aiming to accelerate the deployment of high-efficiency, sustainable lithium recovery systems worldwide.
Direct lithium extraction enables selective recovery of lithium ions from brine sources, achieving recovery rates above 90 percent compared to roughly 43 percent via traditional evaporation ponds. By combining advanced adsorbent materials with tailored process designs, the partnership seeks to reduce processing times, shrink land-use footprints, and conserve aquifer water through brine reinjection.
“Combining Saint-Gobain Ceramics’ expertise in materials science with Eurodia’s process engineering creates a powerful offering for lithium producers,” said Othman Benjelloun-Touimi, CEO of Saint-Gobain Ceramics. “Together, we’re enabling the lithium industry to achieve sustainability and performance.”
“Partnering with Saint-Gobain Ceramics to deliver a tailored, complete turnkey DLE solution for lithium producers is a valuable opportunity for our clients, including those who have already placed their trust in us. Our combined expertise and experience will allow us to provide full guarantees of optimal operation for DLE and will therefore help the lithium industry to move faster towards a more sustainable future, with confidence and reliability,” said Mathieu Bailly, President of Eurodia.
Saint-Gobain’s lithium adsorbents have been developed through extensive research in ceramics and ion-selective materials. They are engineered for high capacity, durability, and repeated use in cyclic adsorption/desorption processes. Eurodia will leverage this material performance to design complete, turnkey DLE systems customized to specific brine chemistries and production targets.
Pilot systems are already in design and deployment phases, engaging project developers and technology integrators in key lithium regions. As global demand for lithium continues to rise—driven by electric vehicles, stationary storage, and grid-scale batteries—the partnership emphasizes scalable, low-impact extraction methods that support the energy transition.
Source: Business Wire
