Warren Buffett And Elon Musk To Spark A Lithium Boom

Thursday, July 30th 2015 - 15:55 UTC

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The age of electrification across the transportation sector, the solar panel revolution, and Tesla's battery giga-factory are igniting a battle for the cheapest battery. That will transform lithium into a boom-time mineral and the hottest commodity on the energy investor's radar. It has been easy to take lithium for granted. Read full article

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alsy
Lithium has been used for decades in mood stabilising treatment for bipolar disorder - I hope this coming boom doesn't impact the price or availabilty for this vital use of the element.
Jul 31st, 2015 - 11:53 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Troy Tempest
CFK is highly suspected of “hoarding” that vital commodity
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ChrisR
Oilprice again! No need to oversell anything like this IF there is a real need and the Tesla outfit is driving the need by itself in the “giga-factory” for 500,000 electric cars. I will be impressed if that ever happens, whatever the factory is called.

BTW the cars marketed in Uruguay by BYD or 'build your dream' are so piss-poor they ought to be renamed 'buy your nightmare'. No support network and spares are difficult to obtain except for the big trucks.
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