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Gulf oil giants Saudi Aramco, Adnoc set sights on lithium – ET Auto

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Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates’ national oil companies plan to extract lithium from brine in their oilfields, in line with efforts to diversify their economies and profit from the shift to electric vehicles (EVs), three sources told Reuters. The kingdom has established its own EV brand Ceer, and built an EV metals plant.

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Saudi Arabia Pursues Lithium to Fuel EV Ambitions – ET Auto

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Alkhorayef stated that he was unaware of any discussions with Chile regarding its lithium licenses. The kingdom, heavily reliant on oil for its economy, has invested billions to become a hub for EV manufacturing as part of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s economic diversification efforts.

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Debunking the Lithium "Mining" FUD

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Team PluginIndia The Lithium mining FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) created by some paid media organizations and random YouTube channels is so bad, that many people read headlines of such articles and assume that Lithium mining is the worst thing in the world and is worse than extracting and refining 10,000 liters of oil used by an average ICE car.

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The Dirty Truth of Petrol & Diesel Vehicles

Plug In India

By PluginIndia In this article and video, we show the real truth on how Petrol and Diesel vehicles cause far more air pollution compared to electric vehicles. The sources for numbers and facts are at the end of the article. The sources for numbers and facts are at the end of the article. That's just oil wells on land.

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America’s lithium laws fail to keep pace with rapid development – ET Auto

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Koch Industries-backed Standard Lithium said last October it had drilled a Texas brine well with lithium concentrations nearly as high as those found in parts of Chile, which has the world’s largest lithium reserves. The path is even murkier for water that is extracted alongside crude oil.

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Adani Group’s USD 1.2-bn copper plant to boost India’s metal production – ET Auto

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Globally, copper production is more concentrated than oil. The two top producers — Chile and Peru — account for 38 per cent of world production. Download ETAuto App Get Realtime updates Save your favourite articles Scan to download App The post Adani Group’s USD 1.2-bn

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles actually good for the environment?

Drive Electric

Throughout this article, we’ll refer to ICEVs and EVs; here’s a quick breakdown explaining the difference between the two. With 8 million tons, Chile has the world’s largest known lithium reserves, followed by Australia (2.7 Battery metals vs. oil as a source of tension and instability. Here’s what we discovered.