Definition
DLE (Direct Lithium Extraction)
Technology for pulling lithium directly from brines and geothermal waters rather than traditional evaporation ponds.
From the episode “He Predicted the Lithium Boom in 2016. Everyone Called Him Crazy.”Hear it on the podcast1 episode
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