There are more and more electric cars on our roads, this is an undeniable fact. And the latter continues to be confirmed by the numbers, while sales of zero-emission models even surpassed diesel sales in France, as well as Europe. But that’s not all, because in August the share of these cars on the Old Continent crossed the 20% mark. A record, while production continues to accelerate worldwide. The goal? Meeting the growing demand, as many manufacturers appear on the market.

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But in order to be able to satisfy everyone and increase the pace, it is necessary to have the necessary raw materials. And here everything starts to hang a little, and some specialists sound the alarm about a possible shortage of lithium. By the way, this material is mainly used for production batteries for electric cars. But now we have just learned some very good news. Indeed, a lithium deposit was recently discovered in Belgium by Hita. But still be careful, it needs to be hardened.

No wonder

In fact, the company has found varying levels of lithium in the water it pumps up to 100 mg/l. However, the profitability threshold is set at 150 g/l. Therefore, one should not expect that this field will supply the entire automobile industry. But this remains very good news, which may indicate that others are hidden on Belgian soil. In addition, the latter could help reduce the price of lithium, which has been slowly falling for several months. To be continued !

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