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> Lithium is incredibly difficult to mine Do you have any source for that? My impression was that it is relatively easy to mine but not economical enoguh
by wolfi1 5y ago
> Lithium is incredibly difficult to mine
Do you have any source for that? My impression was that it is relatively easy to mine but not economical enoguh
- DoingIsLearning 5y agoIt is not difficult in the sense of being technically challenging but in the sense that it has very low yields. It doesn't exist naturally in huge concentrations (you can't just get a chunk of Lithium) you either extract it from a huge volume of evaporated salt brine, or you filter through huge amounts of ore to yield something rich in lithium.