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/NimbleNibbler Sep 11 '23

Australia actually mines the most lithium of any country, but then it mostly goes through china anyways because they do most of the refining.

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u/Langsamkoenig Sep 11 '23

Yeah, nearly all lithium is mined in Australia and Chile. China just refined it. That could be done just as well in any other country. The west just was asleep at the wheel.