Industrial Minerals


POSCO eyes lithium from sea

03 February 2010

by Simon Moores

‘Security first, efficiency second’ for steel producer as it continues lithium push

Keywords: POSCO, lithium, Pan American Lithium, electric vehicles, magnesite

South Korea’s Pohang Iron and Steel Co. (POSCO) has struck a development deal to extract lithium from sea water to add to its $4.8m. investment into Pan American Lithium (PAL) last month and believes research into a variety of lithium sources now is key to future security.

 

POSCO has struck an agreement with the...