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<p class="card-text line-clamp-3">500-tonne production line up and running for rubidium and caesium, critical to advanced technology including aerospace and quantum computing.</p>
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]]></description><link>https://citiverse.it/post/https://feddit.org/comment/14972354</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://citiverse.it/post/https://feddit.org/comment/14972354</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[johanno@feddit.org]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 09:09:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to World first: Chinese plant extracts critical rare metals from lithium waste on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 01:18:47 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Seems like an obvious thing to do. The stuff is already mined, and it’s super valuable.  Just reclaim it.</p>
]]></description><link>https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25847333</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25847333</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[ghostalmedia@lemmy.world]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 01:18:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to World first: Chinese plant extracts critical rare metals from lithium waste on Tue, 15 Sep 2026 20:26:01 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">truly a monumental piece of work that will benefit humanity. lol</p>
]]></description><link>https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/27823473</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/27823473</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[eldavi@lemmy.ml]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 20:26:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to World first: Chinese plant extracts critical rare metals from lithium waste on Tue, 15 Sep 2026 18:59:22 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Yeah well the USA renamed a lake, so nyah!</p>
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