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The lithium deposits attract the interest of the electric car industry
04/02/2011
February 4, 2011
Scientists at the Department of Mineralogy and Petrology of the Faculty of science and technology (UPV/EHU) help to organize the 5th International Symposium of pegmatites Graníticas - PEG 2011-, to be held in Mendoza (Argentina) between February 27 and the next 20 days.
The symposium aims to share experiences and knowledge with colleagues around the world and observe the Argentine deposits of San Luis, where have been found high content of lithium among other elements, such as phosphorus, boron, beryllium and tantalum.
At the Argentine sites in St. Louis found high content of lithium among other elements, such as phosphorus, boron, beryllium and tantalum.
The deposits of granitic pegmatites are becoming an economic interest in its content in lithium. So far the deposits of pegmatites were primarily used in the ceramics industry, but with the housing crisis had lost part of its appeal. However, both the electronics and batteries use lithium and the future electric car will work with lithium batteries, so demand has raised prices of this metal and the interest in this kind of rocks.
