Iran discovers world’s second largest lithium reserve • Hacker News Board

> According to a senior official of the Iranian Ministry of Industry, Mine, and Trade (MIMT), the lithium deposits could contain some 8.5 million metric tons (MT) ready for extraction, which would make it one of the largest global discoveries.

Could? This article title implies they have, but the text implies they are searching still and have not actually found it.

Re: Iran discovers world’s second largest lithium reserve

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Post by psychphysic » Fri, Mar 03, 2023, 12:04 PM UTC

throwaway4good wrote: post #16

recuter wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe. Most probably they would have cheated. It is moot either way. There is no such thing as "fair" in geopolitics. I don't see how a sane person thinks Iran getting the bomb is a good development or viable.

I agree in the sense that it comes down to a decision the US has to make on whether to invade Iran or not. Just like with Iraq; wmd’s, weapons inspectors etc. are ultimately just a side show.

Crazy that many of the same people condemning Russia invading Ukraine for "security".

Would want to invade countries on the other side of the globe for "security".

Super powers gonna super power and the rest of have to pretend to care.

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Post by wiredfool » Fri, Mar 03, 2023, 12:07 PM UTC

LatteLazy wrote: post #4

wslh wrote: post #2

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I think your numbers are total's in that country. The article claims this is the biggest single "reserve" (I assume they mean deposit?). But your core point is not wrong: there is still much more available in the counties you list...

There are generally 3 categories:

* Production: What's been mined & produced

* Reserves: What's economically viable to produce

* Resources: All the mineral we know about, including that which is not economically or technically viable to mine

Numbers (2021) I've seen show total world reserves as ~ 20MT. Total Resources are more like 90MT.

Bolivia has a large percentage of the resources (ca 20MT), but no appreciable reserves (according to USGS) and I haven't seen production numbers from it.

Re: Iran discovers world’s second largest lithium reserve

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Post by seydor » Fri, Mar 03, 2023, 12:08 PM UTC

Maybe Iran will meet democracy

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Post by ijustlovemath » Fri, Mar 03, 2023, 12:10 PM UTC

It's a little bit sickening that so many of these initial comments are joking about the US going to war over the lithium.

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Post by shaky-carrousel » Fri, Mar 03, 2023, 12:12 PM UTC

Two weeks from now, we are going to discover that those reserves are basically inaccessible, and all of this was a publicity stunt to bait naïve investors.

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Post by amval » Fri, Mar 03, 2023, 12:12 PM UTC

ijustlovemath wrote: post #27

It's a little bit sickening that so many of these initial comments are joking about the US going to war over the lithium.

What is the part that sickens you?

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Post by notahacker » Fri, Mar 03, 2023, 12:12 PM UTC

dubcanada wrote: post #19

wslh wrote: post #2

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I have no idea why people seem to think ChatGPT is correct all the time.

And even when it's broadly right, it manages to be wrong (ask it for coal reserves and it'll give you a real world source, a list of countries which is correct, and some percentages which... don't match the source it claims to have taken them from)

You might as well put "well according to my mate Dave who claims to know everything"