India Discovers 5.9 Million Tonnes of Lithium Reserves in Jammu and Kashmir

India Discovers 5.9 Million Tonnes of Lithium Reserves in Jammu and Kashmir
Armin Mueller, CEO of Deutsche Lithium GmbH, holds a rock of Zinnwaldite, a silicate mineral that contains lithium, hewn from a passage in a former tin and wolfram mine in Zinnwald near Altenberg, Germany, on Dec. 13, 2017. Sean Gallup/Getty Images
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India has found 5.9 million tonnes of lithium reserves in Jammu and Kashmir provinces, the country’s first major discovery, which experts believe could help India advance its goal to increase the production of electric vehicles (EVs).

The Geological Survey of India made the discovery in the Salal-Haimana region of Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, according to a statement issued by the Indian Atomic Energy Department.
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