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The need to expand production to lower grade, less pure natural resources like sedimentary clays, oilfield brines, and geothermal brines. 2) Implementation of more sophisticated technologies in extraction and processing to reduce carbon emissions and other environmental impacts. Lithium brine projects leveraging direct lithium extraction technologies raised over $0.5B in 2021 for process scale-up. Rio Tinto even acquired a DLE brine project in Argentina. Pegmatite mineral projects have also enhanced their focus on renewable energy integration to reduce their carbon emissions.

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