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Lithium in Extinct US Volcano - More Smoke Than Fire? - Slashdot

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A scientific paper discussed lithium in an extinct volcano in the western U.S. But would it also increase supplies of a crucial battery-making ingredient? "The mining industry is seldom that simple," argues Bloomberg 's Energy Digest newsletter.

Unlike cobalt and nickel, lithium isn't geologically scarce when it comes to economically viable deposits.

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