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Lithium discovery in US volcano could be biggest deposit ever found
(www.chemistryworld.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
As an American, I'd prefer we mine our own rather than externalize our sins to some other region of the world.
Obviously I wish we didn't tear anything up, and also wish other countries weren't turn up either, but if we want batteries we should be responsible
There's a fair chance we would mine it more responsibly than if somebody else mines it elsewhere.