Breakthrough Technique Could Produce Lithium in Hours Not Months

  • Scientists claim filter can accelerate output from brine pools
  • Advance is among competing ideas to improve lithium production
A visitor walks past a brine lake at a lithium mine on the Atacama salt flat in the Atacama Desert, Chile.Photographer: Cristobal Olivares/Bloomberg
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A new filtration technique could cut the time needed to produce lithium raw materials at South America’s vast evaporation ponds to hours from months, according to a study by a group of international scientists.