Exxon will mine lithium for electric vehicle batteries in Arkansas

With EV incentives tied to domestic battery content, US lithium mines are needed.


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Equipment used for the transfer and processing of corrosive substances isn't exactly unicorn status. It's all quite mature in equipment availability and process procedures.

In the US Navy, our radars were cooled by heat transfer with sea water. To help with the corrosion we had "Zincs" in our heat exchangers that would basically get destroyed by the salt water and had to be replaced periodically (monthly, if I recall).

This site has a wonderful description of it: https://www.marinedieselbasics.com/marine-diesel-maintenance-drawings/marine-heat-exchanger-anode/

So ya, I agree, not really unicorn status!