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this is what darren woods, exxon�*s chairman and ceo, told investors during the company's recent earnings call. we're, i'd say, actively exploring that opportunity set and like what we're seeing so far. mr woods described lithium mining as a natural fit for the company. extracting the lithium is very consistent with a lot of the things that we do in our refineries and chemical plants and in some of our upstream operations. so that piece of the equation is, again, not new to the company. exxonmobil is rumoured to be in talks with tesla, ford motor, volkswagen and other auto—makers to supply lithium. that's according to a bloomberg report. lithium remains tiny compared to the fossil fuel business that has powered profits for exxon and for the other oil majors for the past several decades. but their interest suggests big oil thinks it may get bigger in the future. that's michelle fleury in new york. and that's it for this edition of asia business report.
but back then, he thought the "valdez" was a bless. >> i was out of a job. i had no choices on that. because i was behind on my house payments. and no health insurance. >> reporter: for six weeks, he worked on a ship that super heated seawater, to pressure wash "exxon's" oil off the rock. it was an oily, smelly mist permeating the ship when he worked 16-hour days. that is when the cough began. >> nobody ever checked with us. nobody. they never did a follow-up on it. they never asked if there were any consequences of it. they could have cared less. i'll serious. there was no follow-up. >> reporter: "exxon told us the didn't know how many became