Researchers have discovered a collection of lithium—a primary component in lithium-ion electric vehicle batteries—in Arkansas that, if recovered, could far exceed the projected world demand for lithium in car batteries in 2030.
There might be 5.1 million to 19 million tons of lithium in the Smackover Formation brines in southern Arkansas, researchers at the United States Geological Survey and the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment found.
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