Lithium production

Credit: PHILIPPE PSAILA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

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Caption: Lithium production. Worker with machinery at a plant for processing lithium chloride into lithium carbonate for use in the production of batteries. The lithium chloride is extracted from mineral-rich brine in large evaporation ponds. Photographed in Chile.

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