India found 5.9 million tones of Lithium, Crucial for future growth
The Geological survey of India team found 5.9 million tones of lithium reserves in Jammu and Kashmir region of India, the total quantity of lithium found surpasses China.
Lithium is a non-ferrous metal and is one of the key components for electric vehicle, mobile, laptop batteries etc.
Lithium falls in the critical resource category which was not earlier available in India and were dependent for its 100 percent import. The G3 (advanced) study of the GSI shows the presence of best quality lithium in abundant quantity in the foothills of Mata Vaishno Devi shrine at Salal village (Reasi).
The normal grade of lithium is 220 parts per million (PPM), the lithium found in J&K is of 500 ppm-plus grading, and with a stockpile of 5.9 million tons, India will surpass China in its availab...