Ma Ianuali 8, ua hoʻolaha ka China Geological Survey o ke Kuhina o nā Kumuwaiwai Kūlohelohe i kahi holomua nui i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā minelala lithium ma Kina. ʻO nā kumuwaiwai hou i hoʻohui ʻia o nā mines lithium ʻano spodumene, ʻano loko paʻakai, a me nā lithium mica ʻano ua ʻoi aku ma mua o 10 miliona tons, a ua piʻi ka hapa honua o nā waihona lithium mai 6% a i 16.5%, e lele ana mai ke ono a i ka lua ma ka honua a ke hoʻololi hou nei i ke ʻano o nā kumuwaiwai lithium honua.
ʻO Lithium, i hoʻohanohano ʻia ʻo ia ke "mōʻī o nā metala" e hiki mai ana, he kūlana koʻikoʻi kona i loko o ke kaiāulu hou. Ma ke ʻano he mea nui i nā ʻoihana e kū mai ana e like me nā kaʻa ikehu hou, nā ʻōnaehana mālama ikehu, nā kamaʻilio kelepona, ka mālama ʻana i nā maʻi, a me nā wahie reactor nukelea, pili loa ka lithium i ke ola o kānaka. No ka manawa lōʻihi, ua kiʻekiʻe ka hilinaʻi ʻana o Kina i nā kumuwaiwai lithium haole, me ka hapa nui o nā mea i lawe ʻia mai, ka mea i hoʻonui i nā kumukūʻai hana a kāohi pū i ka hoʻomohala ʻana o nā ʻoihana pili.
Ma kēia holomua i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā minerala, ʻo ke kāʻei mineralization lithium West Kunlun Songpan Ganzi i ʻike hou ʻia he 2800 kilomita ka lōʻihi a he kāʻei mineralization lithium ʻano spodumene honua. ʻO ka ʻike ʻana o kēia wahi mineralization ua hoʻonui nui i nā ʻano a me ka laulā o ka hoʻolaha ʻana o nā kumuwaiwai mineral lithium ma Kina, e alakaʻi ana i nā hōʻike ʻimi mineral lithium ma Xinjiang, Sichuan, Qinghai a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe, a hāʻawi i nā kuhikuhi hou no ka ʻimi a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā mineral lithium ma Kina.
Wahi a nā helu helu mua, ua hōʻiliʻili ka ʻāpana mineralized ma mua o 6.5 miliona tone o nā kumuwaiwai mineral lithium i hōʻoia ʻia, me kahi hiki ke loaʻa nā kumuwaiwai ma mua o 30 miliona tone, ka mea i manaʻo ʻia e hoʻonui hou aku i nā waihona mineral lithium o Kina.
Ma waho aʻe o nā lua lithium ʻano spodumene, ua holomua nui ʻo Kina i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā kumuwaiwai lithium ma nā loko paʻakai. Ma hope o ka noiʻi ʻana a me ka loiloi ʻana, ua hōʻea nā kumuwaiwai lithium hou i hoʻohui ʻia ma nā loko paʻakai ma Kina ma mua o 14 miliona tons, e lilo ana ia i ke kolu o ka waihona kumuwaiwai lithium loko paʻakai nui loa ma ka honua ma hope o ka South American Lithium Triangle a me ke komohana o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. He haʻahaʻa nā kumukūʻai hoʻomohala o nā kumuwaiwai lithium loko paʻakai, ka liʻiliʻi o ka haumia, a me nā manaʻolana hoʻomohala ākea.
Eia kekahi, ua hana ʻo Kina i nā holomua koʻikoʻi i ka ʻenehana unuhi lithium mai ka lithium mica. Ua hoʻoponopono i ka pilikia o ka nui o ka lithium akā ʻo ka unuhi paʻakikī a me ke kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe o ka lithium mica, hoʻomaikaʻi i ka hoʻohana ʻana a me ka hoʻokele waiwai, a ua wehe i kahi kūlana hou no ka ʻimi ʻana i ka lithium ore ʻano lithium mica. Wahi a nā helu helu, ua ʻoi aku ka nui o nā kumuwaiwai lithium ore ʻano lithium mica i hoʻohui hou ʻia ma Jiangxi a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe ma mua o 10 miliona tons. E paipai kēia holomua i ka hoʻokumu ʻana o kahi kūlana mining hou ma Hunan, Inner Mongolia a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe, e lilo i wahi ulu nui no nā kumuwaiwai lithium.
ʻO ka holomua koʻikoʻi i ka ʻimi ʻana i ka lithium ore i kēia manawa ma muli o ka hoʻokō hohonu ʻana o kahi pōʻai hou o nā hana hoʻolālā no nā holomua ʻimi mineral. Ua hoʻomaka ka China Geological Survey, me nā ʻāpana ʻimi geological a me nā ʻoihana mining ma nā panalāʻau like ʻole (nā ʻāpana), i kahi hoʻolaha i hoʻoikaika ʻia no ka ʻimi ʻana i ka lithium ore ma ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa, a ua hoʻokō i kahi moʻo o nā holomua nui ma Sichuan, Xinjiang, Qinghai, Jiangxi, Inner Mongolia a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe.
ʻO ka holomua koʻikoʻi i ka hana ʻeli lithium i kēia manawa e hōʻoluʻolu pono i ka lako paʻa o nā kumuwaiwai lithium ma Kina, e paipai i ka hoʻomohala wikiwiki ʻana o ka ʻoihana ikehu hou o Kina, a e paipai pū i ka hoʻomohala olakino o ka mākeke kumuwaiwai lithium honua, e hoʻoikaika ana i ke kūlana a me ka mana o Kina ma ka mākeke kumuwaiwai lithium honua.