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Gradiant announced its lithium business, alkaLi, will launch the world’s first fully integrated facility to extract, concentrate, and convert lithium from oilfield produced water. Located in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale Formation, the plant begins commercial operations in early 2026 with a multi-year offtake agreement secured. The patented EC² platform enables faster, cleaner, and more sustainable U.S. lithium production.

Gradiant’s spin-out, alkaLi, is leading the direct lithium extraction (DLE) and production market with its EC² technology, demonstrating a groundbreaking 97% lithium recovery rate from salar brines in North America. Gradiant guarantees that the new technology will deliver at least 95% lithium recovery at customer sites, empowering industries to produce battery-grade lithium carbonate faster, cheaper, and more sustainably than ever. The World’s Most Efficient Lithium Solution. alkaLi’s EC² technology is the first and only all-in-one solution engineered to Extract, Concentrate, and Convert battery-grade lithium to meet the accelerating demand from EVs, energy storage, and electronics.

The drivers for Gradiant’s growth are a combination of geographic expansion, strategic advancements in semiconductors and microelectronics, and an expanded range of offerings across other industrial markets.

Gradiant announces the spin-out of alkaLi, a standalone company dedicated to accelerating the scaling of battery-grade lithium production. alkaLi is powered by EC², the world's only all-in-one solution engineered to Extract, Concentrate and Convert battery-grade lithium.