Asset Report
West Taijinar (Citic Guoan) - Lithium brine
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Report summary
West Taijinar is a lithium brine operation in Qinghai, China, owned by CITIC Guoan Group. West Taijinar Salt Lake is a magnesium sulphate sub-type salt lake with low lithium concentration and high Mg/Li ratio. CITIC Guoan has expanded total capacity to 46 kt/a following CITIC Kunlun's integration in 2024. The company operates three membrane-based production processes using adsorption, nanofiltration and reverse osmosis to produce battery-grade lithium carbonate. Wood Mackenzie’s asset reports are built from the bottom up, incorporating several granular data metrics to ultimately produce our industry-standard cash operating costs. This report contains a detailed asset note giving you a holistic view of the asset, including an operational overview through to a timeline of events from inception to now. This qualitative analysis is supplemented by the associated Excel download which enables interrogation of a whole series of cost and production metrics over the life of the asset.
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