GEOTHERMAL

New process could enable lithium mining in Germany

German academics are developing a new method of extracting lithium from geothermal brine

 Using the minimally invasive method developed by KIT, thousands of tons of lithium could be extracted from the German and French Upper Rhine trench every year

Using the minimally invasive method developed by KIT, thousands of tons of lithium could be extracted from the German and French Upper Rhine trench every year

The plan is to extract lithium using a minimally invasive process from the deep waters in geothermal plants of the Upper Rhine Trench. Dissolved in salty thermal water reservoirs of the Upper Rhine...

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