E25’s patent applications for low carbon HPMSM process
Element 25 Limited (ASX: E25) has lodged two key international patent applications for its battery grade high-purity manganese sulphate monohydrate (HPMSM) production process. The patent applications have been lodged under the Patent Co-operation Treaty (PCT), claiming priority from Australian Patent Application(s) 2022903576 & 2022903573 and aims to protect two key manganese processing steps in Element 25’s flowsheet. The flowsheet was developed to convert the company’s Butcherbird manganese concentrate into HPMSM, a critical raw material for the manufacture of lithium-ion batteries. In a statement released by Element 25 today, the company says these two key processing steps “are critical to delivering the advantages of HPMSM process compared to existing processes currently in production, namely: reduced energy consumption compared to roast…