🔆Lithium find in J&K: Chile, with most reserves, ready to share know-how

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✅Chile, country with the largest lithium reserves worldwide, is ready to partner with India on tapping into the lithium value chain.

✅In February 2023, the Geological Survey of India (GSI), for the first time, had established availability of lithium-inferred resources of 5.9 million tonnes in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir.

✅It is a light and soft (can be cut with a kitchen knife), silvery-white alkali metal.
Lithium is a special metal in many ways. It is so low in density that it floats on water.

✅Applications of Lithium:
The most important use of lithium is in rechargeable batteries for mobile phones, laptops, digital cameras and electric vehicles (EVs).
Lithium is often dubbed as “white gold” for electric vehicles.
✅Lithium metal is made into alloys with aluminium and magnesium, improving their strength and making them lighter.