# Iran says it’s discovered what could be the world’s second-largest lithium deposit

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/iran-says-its-discovered-what-could-be-the-worlds-second-largest-lithium-deposit/
- Published: 2023-03-08T09:45:32-06:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Photo caption: A lithium mining machine moves a salt by-product at the mine in the Atacama Desert in Salar de Atacama, Chile on October 25, 2022. Photo credit: Lucas Aguayo Araos | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images. Article by Natasha Turak. CNBC – March 6, 2023. KEY POINTS “For the first time in Iran, a lithium reserve has been discovered in Hamedan” in the country’s west, an official at Iran’s Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade said. The ministry believes the deposit holds 8.5 million tons of lithium, which is often called “white gold” for the rapidly growing electric vehicle industry. […] Click here to view original web page at www.cnbc.com