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Saudi Arabia Taps Aramco Oil Field Brine in Lithium Battery Push.
Saudi Arabia is exploring projects that can produce lithium for batteries in an effort to ramp up production in the Middle Eastern oil exporter.
(Bloomberg) -- Saudi Arabia is exploring projects that can produce lithium for batteries in an effort to ramp up production in the Middle Eastern oil exporter. The country, in the midst of revamping its economy to prepare for a post-oil world, is running two projects to test lithium production methods as part of a plan to develop materials for electric car batteries, Khalid Al-Mudaifer, the vice-minister for mining, said in an interview this week. Separately, Saudi Aramco is working on a joint project to extract lithium from brine taken from oil fields, the state energy giant said in an e-mailed response to questions.
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