Russia resumes lithium mining after 25-year hiatus

NEVA NEWS | Ada OsadchayaRussia will continue to extract lithium, this process was previously stopped for 25 years. The metal is indispensable for the creation of batteries, components in the nuclear industry and other fields. RIA News .Lithium was previously mined by the ore method at the Zavitinsky deposit in Transbaikalia. The USSR has supported this production since 1941, yielding in volume only to the United States. Since the 1970s, the country began to use a cheaper technology – the extraction of lithium from natural brines with a high concentration of minerals.It is reported that the demand for the metal has increased due to the growth of electric vehicle production by 75%. At the same time, its value has reached record highs over the past two years.