Mali is on track to start lithium production by 2020 and companies have already discovered 694,000 tons of exploitable reserves, a senior mines ministry official told Reuters.
Lithium has become one of the world’s most in-demand commodities thanks to the rising popularity of electric vehicles which are powered by lithium ion batteries.
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