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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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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-12/us-defense-department-gives-110-million-boost-to-lithium-nickel-minershttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-09-14/lithium-s-supersized-volcano-may-be-more-smoke-than-firehttps://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adh8183https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-14/tesla-supplier-cngr-weighs-indonesia-battery-metal-unit-ipo-sources-say
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