The World Wants More Lithium But Doesn’t Want More Mines

(Bloomberg) — Prices for lithium, the building block of electric-vehicle batteries, shot to a record this year, amplifying concerns there won’t be enough of the metal to fuel the switch away from combustion engines. In that climate, now should be a prime time to build a mine.Most Read from BloombergSouth Africa Hospitalization Rate Plunges in Omicron WaveBiden to Issue ‘Stark Warning’ on Vaccination Amid Covid SurgeStocks, Futures Sink on Virus, Manchin Shock: Markets WrapEurope Braces for More
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Lithium is at the heart of the electric-vehicle revolution — here’s how the market for the raw material works – MarketWatch

Tesla drew attention to the raw materials needed to make electric-vehicle batteries when it signed a sales agreement with Piedmont Lithium to secure about a…
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Saving the Planet With Electric Cars Means Strangling This Desert – Bloomberg

Mining lithium and copper to supply the battery boom and fight climate change is wrecking a fragile ecosystem in Chile.
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