Thailand finds 14.8M tonnes of lithium

Re:Thailand finds 14.8M tonnes of lithium by wnevets on Friday January 19, 2024 @12:40PM (#39058385)

How more stories do we need about finding lithium and "rare" earth metals being found before people realize they're not all that rare and we can stop reporting on it as if it's special?

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Thailand finds 14.8M tonnes of lithium by adtac on Friday January 19, 2024 @12:44PM (#39058476)

Rare earth metals aren't actually rare. It's a misnomer. Some of them are pretty common. It's just that they're hard to extract and refine.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Thailand finds 14.8M tonnes of lithium by whynotmaybe on Friday January 19, 2024 @12:52PM (#39058635)

Lithium is so 'not' rare that you can find it in the geothermal water in... Belgium.

https://www.thinkgeoenergy.com/geothermal-developer-hita-see...

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Thailand finds 14.8M tonnes of lithium by Accujack on Friday January 19, 2024 @05:01PM (#39061863)

Or under the Salton Sea.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Thailand finds 14.8M tonnes of lithium by EasyMark on Friday January 19, 2024 @01:15PM (#39058993)

Rare is not what you think it is in that context. Wikipedia article would be instructive as to why

[ Parent | on HN ]