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China has reportedly cracked the technical hurdle in mining and extracting lithium from its vast deposits of the soft, silvery-white metal, slashing the unit cost of mining and production to as low as 15,000 yuan (US$2,180) per metric ton. Lithium, the source of power for almost all portable equipment, has thus become significantly cheaper, according to […]
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