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

Baua Electric

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.

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My journey to and on the Mauritanian Iron Ore Train

Plug Me In

It took me 17 days to reach the United Arab Emirates, and my route went through fascinating places like the Kurdish region of Iraq, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. Eleven euros for a bottle of water? Due to a problem with my Airbnb: no host, no water, and no electricity, those blog warnings seemed to be true.