from Hacker News

A lithium deposit valued at $1.5T discovered in the US state of Oregon

by benwilber0 on 5/11/25, 2:24 PM with 2 comments

  • by allears on 5/11/25, 2:43 PM

    Of course, the problem with lithium isn't the availability of the raw mineral, it's that it's only found in very low concentrations, and most of the world's processing facilities are in China. Instead of cheering that we've found more deposits, we need to be asking how long it will take to build the domestic processing capacity.
  • by MountainMan1312 on 5/11/25, 3:55 PM

    Why are they passing this off as new news? This was reported as early as August 2023