Lithium deposits discovered in J&K will help boost EV industry
India's mining ministry said on Thursday that it has discovered enormous 5.9 million tonnes of lithium resources in Jammu and Kashmir, in the nation's north. Over 650 km north of the Indian capital of New Delhi, in the Salal-Haimana region of the Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, the Geological Survey of India for the first time discovered lithium inferred resources (G3) of 5.9 million tonnes.
As India focuses on electric mobility for both public and private transportation, particularly in the nation's major cities like New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, and Chennai, the country's lithium reserves are crucial. India's Ministry of Mines added that state governments received 51 mineral blocks, including ones for lithium and gold.
One of the fundamental components of EV batteries is the non-ferrous metal lithium. The majority of India's minerals, including lithium, nickel, and cobalt, are now imported.
According to past claims from the mines ministry, the government is taking various aggressive measures to import minerals, notably lithium, from Australia and Argentina.
The Geological Survey of India has developed 16 projects on fertiliser minerals and 115 projects on strategic and important minerals.
The Mines ministry stated, "55 programmes on geoinformatics, 140 programmes on fundamental and multidisciplinary geosciences, and 155 programs for training and institutional capacity building have also been taken up."
Related Stories
