▲ 487 ▼ Lithium discovery in US volcano could be biggest deposit ever found (www.chemistryworld.com) submitted 2 years ago by fosforus@sopuli.xyz to c/world@lemmy.world 55 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 94 points 2 years ago (4 children) China won't be pleased about that. They were predicted to control a third of the world's lithium within the next few years. permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 23 points 2 years ago I was just doing my Dr Evil thing thinking about how mad China is going to be about this. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dghgrdesxc@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 2 years ago (2 children) Wdym? the company who owns the mine is owned by a chinese company lol. Thacker Pass Lithium Mine - Wikipedia Lithium Nevada, LLC - a wholly owned subsidiary of Lithium Americas Corp, whose largest shareholder is the world's largest lithium mining company, Chinese Ganfeng Lithium. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Skua@kbin.social 36 points 2 years ago* Chinese Ganfeng holds less than 10% of it and it looks like every other big shareholder is North American or European permalink fedilink source parent [–] query@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (1 child) Who owns a company doesn't matter as much as where the resource is. Foreigners can't cut you off from your own country, and they can't sell anything without following national laws. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Which we can change if a majority want it changed. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago They won't be able to actually start mining for 3-4 years, so they probably still will for a short period. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sebinspace@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Skill issue. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 23 points 2 years ago I was just doing my Dr Evil thing thinking about how mad China is going to be about this. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dghgrdesxc@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 2 years ago (2 children) Wdym? the company who owns the mine is owned by a chinese company lol. Thacker Pass Lithium Mine - Wikipedia Lithium Nevada, LLC - a wholly owned subsidiary of Lithium Americas Corp, whose largest shareholder is the world's largest lithium mining company, Chinese Ganfeng Lithium. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Skua@kbin.social 36 points 2 years ago* Chinese Ganfeng holds less than 10% of it and it looks like every other big shareholder is North American or European permalink fedilink source parent [–] query@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (1 child) Who owns a company doesn't matter as much as where the resource is. Foreigners can't cut you off from your own country, and they can't sell anything without following national laws. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Which we can change if a majority want it changed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Skua@kbin.social 36 points 2 years ago* Chinese Ganfeng holds less than 10% of it and it looks like every other big shareholder is North American or European permalink fedilink source parent
[–] query@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (1 child) Who owns a company doesn't matter as much as where the resource is. Foreigners can't cut you off from your own country, and they can't sell anything without following national laws. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Which we can change if a majority want it changed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Which we can change if a majority want it changed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago They won't be able to actually start mining for 3-4 years, so they probably still will for a short period. permalink fedilink source parent