Chinese-built high-powered device is five times bigger than New York City and leads the global search for lithium, cobalt and rare earths
As nations race to secure lithium, cobalt and rare earths for green tech supremacy, Chinese geologists are deploying this monster – and its cousins – to detect ore and energy resources buried kilometres deep.
Their world-leading electromagnetic arsenal, systematically revealed for the first time in a China Geological Survey (CGS) study published in the peer-reviewed journal Geophysical & Geochemical Exploration in August, leaves competitors in the dust.
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