China aims to boost seawater mineral extraction
The Chinese Ministry of Natural Resources issued a report highlighting China's progress in seawater utilization, where it has successfully extracted several kilograms of uranium and achieved breakthroughs in technologies for extracting lithium, uranium, and rare elements. The estimated uranium reserves in seawater amount to approximately 4.5 billion tons, which is over a thousand times the land-based reserves. Additionally, China's seawater desalination sector continues to grow, with 167 projects boasting a total capacity of 3.077 million tons per day, and seawater is being increasingly used for industrial cooling purposes, rising by 86.4% compared to 2020.
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