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Europe has no (meaningful amounts of economically viable to extract) lithium either.
by b65e8bee43c2ed0 7mo ago
Europe has no (meaningful amounts of economically viable to extract) lithium either.
- philipkglass 7mo ago"Lithium mining commences in Finland" https://www.electrive.com/2026/02/12/lithium-mining-commences-in-finland/ https://www.electrive.com/2026/02/12/lithium-mining-commence... This week, the first spodumene vein was blasted from the rock at the open-pit mine in western Finland, marking the occasion with a ceremonial event attended by invited guests and media.
- helsinkiandrew 7mo agoEurope has massive lithium reserves in Germany, Serbia, Portugal and ukraine but perhaps more importantly it also has friendly relations with other countries with reserves
- b65e8bee43c2ed0 7mo agoif those reserves were economically viable to extract, they would be already being extracted.
- legulere 7mo agoLike this? https://www.thinkgeoenergy.com/vulcan-energy-achieves-drilling-and-permitting-milestones-at-geothermal-lithium-project-in-germany/?amp=1 https://www.thinkgeoenergy.com/vulcan-energy-achieves-drilli... Economic viability depends on many things, lithium prices have been pretty volatile in the past, battery production in Europe as customers are just scaling up.
- youngtaff 7mo agoOr this https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/26/cornwall-new-geothermal-project-launches https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/26/cornwall...
- stavros 7mo agoPrices change.
- helsinkiandrew 7mo agoEverything depends on demand. Much of US shale oil hasn’t been economical to extract at times in the past decade. If oil drops below $60 most of the newer basins are not profit making. If oil demand (or OPEC) pushes oil below $35 the rest of US oil isn’t economical.