On December 13, the 19th China Patent Award Ceremony jointly hosted by the State Intellectual Property Office and the World Intellectual Property Organization was held in Beijing. The core patent of ISL "method for separating magnesium and lithium from salt lake brine" was awarded the China Patent Award for Excellence.

The award-winning invention relates to a method for separating magnesium and lithium from salt lake brines, and is suitable for separating magnesium, lithium borate, sulfate and lithium from brines containing magnesium and lithium salts and concentrated magnesium and lithium from salt fields. The separation of magnesium and lithium from brine brine in magnesium salt and other impurities has broken through the technological bottlenecks in the industry and formed a completely independent intellectual property right, which has played a good role in the lithium industry in salt lakes at home and abroad.