Sigma Lithium’s strategy, a Brazilian company that integrates green lithium and traceable lithium -lithium oxide processing and industrialization operations, is based on sustainable growth, expansion of industrial capacity and low operating costs, thus ensuring global competitiveness, combining technology, efficiency and social responsibility.
At the BNDES International Conference on the Strategic Mineral Value Chain for the energy transition and decarbonization, Ana Cabral, CEO Company, said the Ascension of Brazil as one of the protagonists in the global production of green lithium and traceable. According to her, the country has become an attractive pole for investments due to its ability to unite technological innovation, sustainability and competitiveness.
Ana Cabral said that the great differential of is in the industrial process, where gains added value through technology and sustainable processes. The company, which operates in the Jequitinhonha Valley, has developed an industrial model based on automation, artificial intelligence and digitized processes. “Our lithium oxide production plant is the most modern in the world,” he explained.
The technology used allows to optimize processing by consolidating Brazil as one of the countries with the lowest operating cost in the sector. “Today, our ‘all-in’ cost is the second smallest in the world, second only to operations in Australia and Chile, which have a large industrial scale.”
In addition to the low cost, Sigma Lithium’s CEO and co -founder evaluates that one of the great differentials of the project is the fact that the operation gains scale with the second Greentech plant, with traceability and operational efficiency, always backed by a robust labor law.
Operation Priorities: Safety and Sustainability
Ana Cabral stressed Sigma Lithium’s commitment to occupational safety and process traceability. The company has achieved an impressive history of zero accidents throughout its operation, a feat rarely seen in the sector. “Traceability is a human right. It means ensuring that our workers have safe and working conditions. The company has been operating for over 555 days with zero accidents, ”he said.
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The company also has significant social impact on the Jequitinhonha Valley region, employing 1,600 people and generating about 13,000 indirect jobs. “Our commitment is to the development of the community. We boost microcredit and invested in the training of local labor, ”he said.
Technological jump
During her speech, Ana Cabral pointed out that Sigma Lithium’s “Greentech” plant adopts a SCADA (Supervision and Data Acquisition System) system that now incorporates artificial intelligence.
“This technology allows the system to learn from mineralogy anomalic detections, making it increasingly efficient. SCADA SMITTING starts digital recommendations for the correction of the production process course, process digitization and fleet control. Integration of a mineral operation and an industrial operation, ”he said.
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Expectations
Sigma Lithium continues to expand, with plans to double its productive capacity thanks to the . The company is already among the ten largest global lithium producers and is expected to go up to fifth place in the coming months.
The advancement of the battery industry in the world also reinforces Brazil’s position as a strategic player in the global lithium supply chain. “The demand for critical minerals, such as lithium, graffiti and nickel, only tends to grow. Brazil has a historic opportunity to consolidate its presence in this market, ”concluded Ana Cabral.
International recognition
Yusuke Hino, representative of the Supply Chain Batteries Association (BASC), said during the conference that the entity closely follows Sigma Lithium’s work, and that the company has revolutionized the lithium chain in the world, with sustainable production, projecting Brazil as an important supplier of high -value and low carbon industrial components.
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“I see incredible changes,” he said, showing visiting images he made to the “Greentech” processing plant since the project began to be implemented. Anthem spoke about the importance of Sigma in collaboration between Japan and Brazil to strengthen the global chain of electric vehicle batteries materials
The event
Organized by BNDES, the ‘Strategic Mineral Value Chains for Energy Transition and Decarbonization’ gathered government authorities, entities, industries and national and foreign companies responsible for strategic mineral projects in Brazil.
Ana Cabral joined the panel mediated by Henrique Vasquez, manager of Finep, who also gathered Fabiano José de Oliveira Costa, CEO of AMG; Marco Antônio Coelho de Berton, Chief Researcher at the Senai Paraná Institute; Paulo Castellari, Director of Appian Capital/Graphcoa; and Silvia C. Alves da França, CEO of the Mineral Technology Center (CETEM)
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The panel debated the development of the strategic mineral chain for projection of Brazil as an important supplier of high value and low carbon industrial materials and components.
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