Metals & Mining, Non-Ferrous
September 09, 2026
How can biomanufacturing help secure lithium supply?
Featuring Sotirios Frantzanas
HIGHLIGHTS
AlkaLi Labs develops microbial extraction process
BioMADE supports 14 new biomanufacturing projects
Oil-field water becomes lithium source through tech
Luis Valencia, co-founder and CEO of AlkaLi Labs, David Nathan, program director, technology at BioMADE, and Jonathan Valdez, program manager at BioMADE, sit down with Chemical Week specialties editor Sotirios Frantzanas to discuss biomanufacturing developments, including a new biomanufacturing program led by AlkaLi Labs with support from BioMADE that is developing a scalable microbial process to extract lithium from oil-field produced water.
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BioMADE announces 14 new projects to advance biomanufacturing in US
