India to Explore Lithium in Chile

• 06 Aug 2024

Source: BL

Coal India Limited (CIL) is planning to explore and extract lithium from the salt flats (areas of flat
land covered with a layer of salt) in Chile.

• Chile has the world's largest lithium reserves (36%) and is the second-largest global producer (32%). It contributes about 36% to global trade.
  • Chile is a part of the "lithium triangle" along with Argentina and Bolivia.
    • Australia, China and Brazil are other top producers.
• Lithium (white gold) is a versatile element used in rechargeable batteries, ceramics, glass, aluminum
  alloys, and pharmaceuticals.
  • It is soft, silvery white metal, the lightest metal of the periodic table. It has high reactivity, low density and excellent electrochemical properties.
  • Lithium reserves in India include Reasi district (J&K), Korba district (Chhattisgarh), Marlagalla area (Mandya district, Karnataka), Koderma (Jharkhand) etc.

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