sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoLithium deposit valued at over $1.5 trillion discovered in the U.S.www.earth.comexternal-linkmessage-square190linkfedilinkarrow-up1430arrow-down135
arrow-up1395arrow-down1external-linkLithium deposit valued at over $1.5 trillion discovered in the U.S.www.earth.comsanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square190linkfedilink
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 days agoChina’s special for controlling a very high proportion of the processing infrastructure that converts the lithium ore to batteries, rather than the extraction. There are a bunch of places that have substantial known lithium reserves. https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/lithium-reserves-by-country Country Lithium Reserves 2024 (MT) Chile 9.3M Australia 7M Argentina 4M China 3M United States 1.8M Canada 1.2M Zimbabwe 480K Brazil 390K Portugal 60K Namibia 14K Total 27.2M Australia does the most extraction: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/lithium-production-by-country
China’s special for controlling a very high proportion of the processing infrastructure that converts the lithium ore to batteries, rather than the extraction. There are a bunch of places that have substantial known lithium reserves.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/lithium-reserves-by-country
Australia does the most extraction:
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/lithium-production-by-country