r/technology • u/ourlifeintoronto • Sep 10 '23

Transportation Lithium discovery in US volcano could be biggest deposit ever found

https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/lithium-discovery-in-us-volcano-could-be-biggest-deposit-ever-found/4018032.article
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u/ohno1tsjoe Sep 11 '23

We’ll end up exporting it for the monies

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u/Brookenium Sep 11 '23

Well yes... by mining it lol...

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u/Indemnity4 Sep 11 '23

Yes...?

This mine is owned by a Chinese company. They will dig up the ore, process it just a little bit onshore, then send the lithium concentrate to China to be turned into battery materials.