{"id":226347,"date":"2023-02-13T20:04:01","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T14:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=226347"},"modified":"2023-02-21T22:57:57","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T17:27:57","slug":"lithium-reserves-our-jk-find-could-put-india-on-the-lithium-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/lithium-reserves-our-jk-find-could-put-india-on-the-lithium-map\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithium reserves: Our J&K find could put India on the lithium map"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cOur J&K find could put India on the lithium map\u201d <\/strong>published in the Livemint <\/b>on\u00a013th February 2023<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus<\/strong>: GS 1 \u2013 Distribution of key natural resources across the world (including South Asia and the Indian sub-continent).<\/p>\n

Relevance<\/strong>: About Lithium reserves.<\/p>\n

News<\/strong>: Recently, the Geological Survey of India has for the first time discovered Lithium reserves in the Salal-Haimana area of Reasi District of Jammu & Kashmir(UT).<\/p>\n

About the Lithium reserves around the globe<\/strong><\/h2>\n

According to the US Geological Survey, the world has 98 million tonnes of Lithium reserves. Of that, half of it is in South America\u2019s \u2018lithium triangle\u2019<\/strong> of Bolivia, Chile and Argentina. Apart from that, the US, Australia and China also have some Lithium reserves.<\/p>\n

The recent Lithium discovery in Jammu & Kashmir is about 5.9 million tonnes which is about 5.5% of the world\u2019s total Lithium reserves.<\/p>\n

What is Lithium?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read here: <\/strong>Facts about Lithium<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

What are the applications of Lithium?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Read here: <\/strong>Uses of Lithium<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
What is the importance of Lithium reserves in India?<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Read here: Geological Survey of India Finds Lithium and Gold Deposits<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Reduce Chinese dominance<\/strong>: China<\/strong> dominates the lithium supply chain. China has agreements with South American suppliers, and it is refining about two-thirds of the world\u2019s lithium cell<\/strong> assembly.<\/p>\n

What is the importance of Lithium reserves?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Reducing global warming<\/strong>: The aim of carbon neutrality has begun to set economic terms amid global trade wars and outright de-globalization.<\/p>\n

Ability to pack energy<\/strong>: Lithium\u2019s lightness and ability to pack in energy make it a good pick for vehicles and devices that run on rechargeable batteries since lithium ions can store and release electricity without adding much body weight.<\/p>\n

Hence, according to McKinsey report, annual demand for lithium could reach 3-4 million tonnes by 2030 (about five times the usage estimate of 2022).<\/p>\n

The discovery of reserves in India relieves us of a key import dependency and helps to electrify Indian traffic faster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read More<\/strong>: Lithium Reserves in India: Strategic Significance and Concerns \u2013 Explained, pointwise<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cOur J&K find could put India on the lithium map\u201d published in the Livemint on\u00a013th February 2023. Syllabus: GS 1 \u2013 Distribution of key natural resources across the world (including South Asia and the Indian sub-continent). Relevance: About Lithium reserves. News: Recently, the Geological Survey of India has… Continue reading Lithium reserves: Our J&K find could put India on the lithium map<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10311,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[263,11295,10501],"class_list":["post-226347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-1","tag-lithium-reserves-in-india","tag-live-mint","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226347\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}