Saudi Ma'aden has extracted lithium from seawater, CEO says
Saudi's growing mining industry is a key pillar in the Vision 2030 programme to diversify the economy away from oil dependency
Source: gulfbusiness.com
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Saudi's growing mining industry is a key pillar in the Vision 2030 programme to diversify the economy away from oil dependency
Saudi Arabian Mining Company Ma'aden has successfully extracted lithium from seawater, although not at levels that are commercially viable and its project remains at the pilot stage, its CEO told Reuters on Tuesday. "We are actually producing lithium from seawater now," Robert Wilt said, without giving further details.