US EditionA new technology could unlock lithium in Western Canada. It's softer on the environment too
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A new technology could unlock lithium in Western Canada. It's softer on the environment too
As demand — and competition — for critical minerals used in clean technologies heats up around the world, mining startups are flocking to the heart of Canada’s oil and gas industry to tap into a key battery metal: lithium.
Lithium, rare earths... Between opening mines and contracts with producing countries, the state wants to secure its supplies to power electric batteries, wind turbines and solar panels.
Lithium is an essential resource for our daily lives. It is found in our telephones, our cars and even in our bicycles. The Alsatian soil is full of them. But to extract it, we have to drill very deeply into the ground. Many inhabitants are hostile, because a geothermal power plant has already caused several earthquakes. In Schwabwiller, in the Bas-Rhin, the company Lithium de France ensures that the technology has evolved and that there is no s…
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