Lithium Giant Australia: Engine of the Global Energy Transition

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South of Perth lies Greenbushes, the world's largest hard rock lithium mine. The "white gold" is found in modern technologies from electric car batteries to smartphones. But the boom has its price.

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Nowhere is more lithium produced than in the Greenbushes mine in Australia. The "white gold" is indispensable for electric car batteries or smartphones. But the commodity boom has seen its priceFrom above, the Greenbushes mine reveals its entire breathtaking dimension: Huge dumplings and excavators move like tiny toys on the edge of a huge pool of terraced rock. At a vantage point, visitors marvel at the immense crater in which bright mineral ve…

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The view of the enormous Greenbushes mine is breathtaking. Carola Frentzen/dpa Giant dump trucks move like toys along the rim of a massive crater in southwestern Australia. The Greenbushes mine produces more than 1.4 million tons of spodumene concentrate annually and is considered the largest hard-rock lithium mine in the world. Bright mineral veins sparkle in the crater walls – lithium, also known as "white gold." The open-pit mine, 250 kilomet…