Lithium discovery in US volcano could be biggest deposit ever found
Lithium discovery in US volcano could be biggest deposit ever found
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China won't be pleased about that. They were predicted to control a third of the world's lithium within the next few years.
I was just doing my Dr Evil thing thinking about how mad China is going to be about this.
Wdym? the company who owns the mine is owned by a chinese company lol. Thacker Pass Lithium Mine - Wikipedia Lithium Nevada, LLC - a wholly owned subsidiary of Lithium Americas Corp, whose largest shareholder is the world's largest lithium mining company, Chinese Ganfeng Lithium.
Chinese Ganfeng holds less than 10% of it and it looks like every other big shareholder is North American or European
Who owns a company doesn't matter as much as where the resource is. Foreigners can't cut you off from your own country, and they can't sell anything without following national laws.
Which we can change if a majority want it changed.
They won't be able to actually start mining for 3-4 years, so they probably still will for a short period.
Skill issue.