Lithium Statistics And Information And Facts U S Geological Survey
The National Renewable Power Lab estimates that 24,000 tonnes of lithium per year passes by way of these geothermal plants . However, the low average lithium concentration and dog’s breakfast of other minerals present make it hard and high priced to extract. Still, with Salton Sea’s inferred lithium resource at 15 million tonnes of lithium, considerable private and government efforts are underway to tap this resource. Notably, Controlled Thermal Sources plans to develop each a geothermal power plant and lithium…