OSAKA -- Panasonic has joined a project led by U.S. oil services leader Schlumberger that seeks to extract lithium from underground salt water in a fraction of the time, reducing the process from over a year to a matter of weeks.
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Panasonic joins US project that extracts lithium for EVs 'in weeks'
Japanese battery maker teams with Schlumberger in search for stable supply
Brine pools at a lithium mine in Chile: Recovering lithium through the evaporation pond method typically takes more than a year. © Reuters
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