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Lithium follows oil down revolution road

Lithium and oil are poles apart in the energy world, a case of new energy v old, but from a business perspective they face similar pressures with Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) shaping as a re-run of the oil from shale revolution.

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Once seen as impossible, the breakthrough moments for squeezing oil from shale, and other tightly packed rocks, came with the development of directional drilling and the use of steam and chemicals to