Enabling Carbon-Negative Lithium | Steven Vassiloudis & Christiaan Jordaan - Co-founders of Novalith

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Episode Synopsis

Novalith is creating carbon-negative lithium by using carbon dioxide to unlock the mineral from hard rock while sequestering the harmful greenhouse gas.
Steven Vassiloudis, CEO of Novalith, is an experienced chemical engineer who has led scaling efforts for numerous clean tech start-ups. He is also a director of Kemplant, a provider of equipment for lithium and battery chemical industries.
Christiaan, CBDO of Novalith, is also an experienced entrepreneur, most recently founding a battery anode technology company, Sicona.
In this episode we cover...

The need for lithium and the lithium market
Where lithium comes from
The current lithium-refining process
Novalith's novel refining process
Novalith's plan for scaling cost effectively
Challenges facing Novalith
The South African super team

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Episode Recorded on October 16, 2023

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