North America just got its first new kind of lithium refinery
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<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/04/Pilot-Plant-Stack.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1440" /></div><p>Mangrove Lithium has opened what it says is North America’s first commercial electrochemical lithium refinery, a 1,000-tonne-per-year plant in Delta, British Columbia, aimed at strengthening the continent’s EV battery supply chain.</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2026/04/17/north-america-just-got-its-first-new-kind-of-lithium-refinery/#more-463937">more…</a>
<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/04/Pilot-Plant-Stack.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1440" /></div><p>Mangrove Lithium has opened what it says is North America’s first commercial electrochemical lithium refinery, a 1,000-tonne-per-year plant in Delta, British Columbia, aimed at strengthening the continent’s EV battery supply chain.</p>
<a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2026/04/17/north-america-just-got-its-first-new-kind-of-lithium-refinery/#more-463937">more…</a>