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Lithium Is Key to the Electric Vehicle Transition. It's Also in Short Supply
- 1970-01-01 4y agoIt's in Afghanistan. US invaded too early to care about it and had no intention of mining it before they left. https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/14/world/asia/14minerals.html https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/14/world/asia/14minerals.htm...
- 8bitsrule 4y agoGlobal Lithium mine production worldwide from 2010 to 2021 [https://www.statista.com/statistics/606684/world-production-of-lithium/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/606684/world-production-...] Top ten biggest lithium mines in the world (2021) [https://www.mining-technology.com/analysis/top-ten-biggest-lithium-mines/ https://www.mining-technology.com/analysis/top-ten-biggest-l...]
- iostream24 4y agoIt’s not in short supply at all, it’s the 25th most abundant mineral in earth. …most famously found in seawater. Desalination plants will provide the raw inputs.