Tesla may start mining lithium as Musk cites battery metal cost - MINING.COM - MINING.com

There is no shortage of the element itself, as lithium is almost everywhere on Earth, but pace of extraction/refinement is slow, Musk said in a Tweet.

Lithium has joined the turmoil gripping commodities in the wake of Russias war on Ukraine. Even before the war, prices of raw materials rallied with demand surging and supplies choked up due to pande… [+942 chars]

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