UBIRA ETheses Recovery of lithium from kaolin mining
Lithium is considered a borderline strategically important metal for the UK due to the limited availability of primary deposits, of sufficient grade, for economic processing (Naden, 2012). The rising demand, of approximately 10% yearly, has promulgated investigations for the development of secondary sources of lithium in order to secure long term reserves for the UK and Europe (Jaskula, 2015).