The Lithium Chase (Published 2010)

For many years, few metals drew bigger yawns from mining executives than lithium, a lightweight element long associated mostly with mood-stabilizing drugs. Suddenly, the yawns are being replaced by eurekas. As awareness spreads that lithium is a crucial ingredient for hybrid and electric cars, a global hunt is under way for new supplies of the metal. Toyota Tsusho, the material supplier for the bi

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リチウム、以前は抗うつ剤として用いられるだけだったが、事情は変わり、ハイブリッド自動車や電気自動車を作る上で非常に重要な材料になった。新しい供給源を探して、国際的な探索が行われている。