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A model laboratory
Pioneering lithium extraction at 4,000 metres above sea level
Prior to the construction of the full-scale plant, a pilot plant was set up on the site to continue the research begun ten years earlier at the Trappes research and development centre. Eramet Ideas. as it is known, also provided training for a number of Argentinian engineers and technicians.
11,000km
The pilot plant endured a lengthy journey of 11,000 km