Qinghai Lithium accounts for 60 % of the world's reserves, and large-capacity battery manufacturing will speed up!

With the rise of new energy vehicles and other industries, lithium resources development has begun to attract much attention, and Qinghai Salt Lake lithium resources account for more than 60 of the world's reserves. In the face of this advantageous resource, how should Qinghai do its own "lithium road"? Recently, the general office of the provincial government issued the "Guiding Opinions on Promoting the Sustainable and Healthy Development of the Lithium Power Industry in Qinghai Province" and gave the answer.

Qinghai Lithium accounts for 60 % of global reserves

According to the "Patent Navigation Report for the Lithium Industry in Qinghai" released on September 19, 2017, the world's identified reserves of lithium resources are 34 million tons, and Qinghai Salt Lake's lithium resources account for more than 60 tons of global lithium reserves.

So, how to use lithium resources, how to develop the lithium resources industry chain has become an urgent problem in our province. In this regard, under the guidance of the national strategy, the province will increase the development and application of new technology, new technology and forward-looking technology in the lithium electric industry chain, taking into account the future development scale of new energy vehicles and the needs of 3C products and energy storage and application markets. We will accelerate the improvement of the industrial development system combining high-efficiency lithium extraction from salt lakes with comprehensive utilization of resources, and accelerate the construction of a full-industry chain of lithium electric power with matching production capacity in the upper and lower reaches and complete industrial facilities.

By 2025, the production scale of lithium carbonate in Qinghai Province will reach 170,000 tons per year, and the capacity of lithium battery core will reach 60 GWh per year. Among them, the power battery production capacity reaches 25GWh, 3C, and energy storage battery production capacity reach 35GWh per year.

According to the "Outline of the 13th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development of Qinghai Province", "China Manufacturing 2025 Qinghai Action Plan" and "Qinghai New Materials Industry 2025 Development Plan", the aim is to promote the rational and orderly development of Salt Lake resources in Qinghai and promote the sustainable and healthy development of the lithium electricity industry. Our province will build on the advantages of lithium resources in salt lakes, focus on improving the quality and efficiency of development, and rely on the construction of the National Development leading area for the circular economy to advance the healthy and sustainable development of the lithium electricity industry in Qinghai in an orderly manner. We will focus on building an industrial base that integrates intensive development of lithium resources and high-quality development of the lithium electricity industry, thus opening the door to the new material industry.

High capacity battery manufacturing will be speeded up.

How can we achieve the 2025 target set by our province? The guidance points out that, first of all, we must strengthen the drive for innovation and promote the use of resources. On the basis of the existing lithium extraction technology in salt lakes, we must focus on studying and improving the lithium extraction process in salt lakes such as centrifugal extraction, Box extraction, and membrane adsorption, and break through the restrictions on the lithium ratio of salt lakes to high magnesium lakes. Increase the comprehensive yield of lithium. We will strengthen the research and development of basic processes and industrial technologies for the extraction of lithium from old brines in rich lithium-rich lakes, and develop technologies for the extraction of lithium from deep brines in collaboration with other elements. We will form a multi-level and diversified system for the extraction of lithium from salt lakes and its comprehensive utilization, and improve the green, low-carbon and circular development system.

At the same time, strengthen the technical transformation, improve the quality of development, and further improve the level of automation, intelligence, and refinement of lithium power and supporting industries in our province. With regard to green, variety, quality, efficiency, and safe production, according to the characteristics of different Salt Lake resources, advanced and, suitable technologies have been adopted to increase the technological transformation of existing lithium carbonate fields and lithium carbonate production plants. The comprehensive yield of lithium carbonate was increased to more than 50 %, and the grade rate of electron-grade lithium carbonate products was greatly increased. We will step up research and development on existing technologies for producing positive and negative electrode materials, electric core production devices and processes, and focus on breaking technical bottlenecks such as production costs, energy density, safety performance, and the number of charges and discharge times of lithium batteries. We will strengthen the application and transformation of green and safe technologies in the lithium power industry, promote the recycling and utilization of used lithium batteries, and promote cleaner production.

In addition, plan ahead of the project to enhance the development momentum, Further strengthening of lithium nickel acid, lithium cobalt acid, lithium manganate and nickel cobalt manganese ternary positive materials, carburizing negative electrode materials, positive and negative Material Nanocrystallization, large-capacity battery manufacturing process, smart battery management system, and high efficiency Lithium battery echelon recycling. Advance prospective technical research on the application of lithium in other fields. Among them, lithium alloys focus on the development of lithium, aluminum, magnesium binary alloys, and ternary alloys; Inorganic salts focus on the development of electron-grade lithium carbonate, lithium chloride, lithium bromide, lithium 6, lithium 7, lithium sulfate, lithium hydroxide, and other fine chemical products, and focus on improving the high value of Salt Lake resources.

Qinghai to be a national leader in lithium electricity

It is understood that our province will also improve the standard system, promote energy storage applications, and increase the development of new systems such as lithium-sulfur batteries, metal-air cells, solid-state batteries and fuel cells suitable for new energy power plants. We will actively carry out research on the standard system for the application of energy storage batteries in new energy storage, establish a hierarchy of energy storage standards, and establish a scientifically and reasonably sound storage standard system.

At the same time, we will establish a research and development platform to provide impetus for development, speed up the establishment of the Institute of Lithium Electric Industry Technology in Qinghai Province, continue to increase investment in research and development, make it a "leader" in the development of lithium electric technology nationwide, and establish the Qinghai Sub-center of the National Power Battery Innovation Center. In order to achieve the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Ministry of Finance's "Notice on the Publication of the Action Plan for the Development of the Automobile Power Battery Industry", the energy ratio of lithium-ion power battery monomers exceeds 300 watt-hours per kilogram, and the system costs are reduced to less than 1 yuan per watt-hour. Promote the formation of upstream and downstream production capacity matching of the complete lithium industrial chain and industrial clusters to provide technical support.

Our province will pave the way for funding the lithium industry.

The development of the lithium industry cannot be separated from financial support and policy support. It is reported that in order to achieve the 2025 goal of our province, all departments in the province will provide all-around safeguards measures, and the major problems encountered in the development of the lithium electricity industry in the province will be decided by the provincial leadership group for new energy materials. In order to promote the sound development of the industry, the establishment of a halogen pricing mechanism involving local governments, relevant departments and enterprises were studied. With a view to increasing the total process recovery rate of lithium, we will optimize and improve technical standards, and improve access conditions for the development of lithium resources that meet the needs of industrial development. Priority will be given to providing land and networking for new energy power stations such as photovoltaic and wind power plants equipped with energy storage devices.

At the same time, with good financial funds and tax policy to economic development adjustment, vigorously promote the local processing and transformation of lithium carbonate in our province. We will give full play to the role of market prices in guiding ecological conservation and resource conservation, and, in accordance with the principle of "beneficiaries paying and protectors receiving reasonable compensation", scientifically design and improve the mechanism for pricing and charging ecological compensation for lithium carbonate products. Accordingly, the standards for the collection of ecological compensation fees will be raised, and the company will no longer enjoy provincial financial subsidies and other preferential policies in the province.

Supporting qualified enterprises to use multi-level capital market financing to guide eligible lithium-electric enterprises to list and refinance on the capital market; Supporting enterprises to use a variety of debt financing instruments such as short-term financing vouchers and medium-term notes to directly finance in the inter-bank market; Banking financial institutions are encouraged to provide innovative financial services for enterprises to combine and restructure, upgrade technology, and develop key industrial chain projects.

We will give full play to the role of the Industrial Development Investment Fund and the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Fund in setting up a sub-fund for the development of the lithium electricity industry under the Qinghai Industrial Development Investment Fund Co., Ltd., adhere to market-oriented operations, and guide social funds to participate in supporting the innovative development of the lithium electricity industry.

In addition, our province will also vigorously train local talents, relying on the national and provincial talent introduction and training programs, gathering, training, and attracting a group of leaders who master key core technologies, talents in short supply and innovation teams. We will strengthen the professional development of relevant disciplines in colleges and universities, improve curriculum development, create new models for the training of talents in vocational education, step up the training of talents in the province, and focus on building local professional and technical personnel.

"Four Perseverance" to Increase the Retention of Lithium Industry Development

While development was important, sustainable development was even more important. For this reason, we have formulated four principles for the development of the lithium industry.

Adhere to innovation drive, enhance development momentum, highlight innovation, forward-looking, leading and leading, strengthen key core technology research and development, cultivate high-level innovative talent team, accelerate the formation of original innovation, integrated innovation and introduction, digestion, absorption, innovation, mutual promotion, and mutual integration Innovation chain.

We will give priority to the development of the environment, promote circular development, firmly establish the concept of green, low-carbon and circular development, and strengthen the ecological protection of the lithium power industry in the whole process of research and development, preparation, use, and recycling. We will actively promote the coordinated extraction and efficient use of potassium, sodium, magnesium, lithium and boron resources in salt lakes, extend the service life of salt lakes, and reduce the negative impact of Salt Lake resource development on the ecological environment.

We should adhere to rational and orderly development, achieve sustained development, integrate the state of lithium resources, industry status, human resources, and technological level, make overall arrangements for lithium resource reserves and research and development, and scientifically plan the scale and speed of development of the lithium power industry. To realize the orderly development and recycling of lithium resources in salt lakes.

We will adhere to policy guidance, improve institutional systems, establish a sound incentive and restraint mechanism, raise the threshold for technical access to the development of lithium resources in salt lakes, improve the local processing and transformation capacity of lithium carbonate in Qinghai Province, and promote the extension of superior resources to the high end of industrialization and value chain.

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