Explore MGX cost reduction with metallurgical silicon upgrade silicon anode

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according to foreign media reports, the Canadian materials enterprise MGX Minerals Inc. ( MGX) On February 26, announced that its and the university of British Columbia ( 哥伦比亚大学) Has been completed for the company in southeast British Columbia, three silicon silicon metal comprehensive baseline assessment in the project.

the original goal of this study was to use silicon instead of graphite anode, and complete mixing in the short term, does not need to industry transformation. The ultimate goal is to increase the energy density of the next generation of lithium ion batteries to 400 wh/kg, can be used for remote electric vehicles and grid storage.

with the completion of the first stage of evaluation, the second phase of the project is underway, and will focus on the development of a low cost and extensible method, to upgrade the project of silicon metal of MGX battery grade silicon anode, developed by silicon anode will serve as a feasible alternatives of graphite anode, and can be used in many applications of higher energy density of lithium-ion batteries, including electric vehicles, power grid storage, telecommunications, wireless sensors, etc.

MGX Koot in southeast British Columbia, Wonah and Gibraltar to operate three silicon project. From Gibraltar project 1 ton quartzite samples shipped to Germany recently independent laboratory Dorfner Anzaplan mineralogical analysis. Analysis results show that after crushing and classification part, the quartz material with high initial purity ( 99. 5 weight %) , making this part on the chemical for of medium quality raw materials used in production of metallurgical grade silicon.