MUMBAI, India, May 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517024159 A) filed by Metso Finland Oy, Espoo, Finland, on March 18, for 'a method for recovering lithium from a stream containing lithium.'

Inventor(s) include Jansson, Kaj; Saari, Eija; and Tiihonen, Marika.

The application for the patent was published on May 2, under issue no. 18/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to a method for recovering lithium from a stream containing lithium, the method comprising contacting the stream, or a pre-treated solution obtained from said stream, with an aluminium-containing material to form a precipitate comprising lithium aluminate, at an a...