Experienced life cycle assessment practitioner providing qualitative and quantitative cradle-to-cradle life cycle assessments (LCA) according to the ISO14040:2006, 14044:2006 and ISO 14067 standards for measuring the environmental impacts of critical metals. Experienced in providing detailed LCAs for lithium, base metals, REE, and graphite materials and Li-ion battery cell/pack manufacturing and recycling. Supported major battery manufacturers and OEMs in providing carbon footprint reports in line with the EU battery regulations.

Michael Page is a Hydrometallurgist and Research Scientist working at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Minerals business unit. Michael has been with ANSTO for over 9 years where his work has focused on process development for commercial lithium projects, including both brine and hard rock resources. At ANSTO, Michael also conducts research on mineral processing technologies. The work presented here is the result of an undergraduate Honours research project completed by Patrick Mankarious at the University of NSW (Chemical Engineering), under Michael’s supervision.

Rorie Gilligan completed a PhD in metallurgy at Murdoch University in 2017 on the leaching of refractory uranium ores. Since then he has worked on more than a dozen metallurgical research projects at Murdoch University with the Hydrometallurgy Research Group led by Professor Aleks Nikoloski, most of which were on lithium or vanadium.

Claudia is Director Technology – Evaporation and Crystallization and responsible for product strategy and development as well as successful technology delivery to KBR’s customers worldwide. Claudia has a successful track-record of 15 years of industry experience in crystallization and is Vice-Chair of the EFCE Working Party on Crystallization. She holds a PhD in Natural Sciences from ETH Zurich, Switzerland and a Master of Science degree in Geology from Freiberg University of Mining and Technology, Germany.