Lithium in SK, Part 43: Veritasium explains why lithium is so important for batteries

Jun 6, 2026

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There’s a lot happening in the lithium space in Saskatchewan this summer, and Pipeline Online will be once again digging deep into it. But in the meantime, I came across this video from YouTube science channel Veritasium which explains the why we are developing a lithium industry in the first place. And honestly, I always thought that weight was the most important reason for using lithium – after all, it’s the lightest metal on the periodic table. And that will never change. But while that is still very significant, this video explains it’s the electrons that lithium molecules have that are what’s really important. Who woulda thunk it? Check it out.

Oh yeah, if you have any old, puffy lithium batteries (like from my old GoPros and drones), do NOT puncture them. Really bad idea.

One more thing – pay particular attention towards the end when it mentions using graphite in these batteries – that’s the key reason for the idea to use coal-to-graphite from Estevan area coal. It’s the other end of the battery. And if anything comes of this coal-to-graphite concept, we could feasibly be producing two of the most important components of lithium ion batteries in southeast Saskatchewan.

 

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Lithium in SK, Part 42: South Korean offtake for Prairie Lithium

Lithium in SK, Part 41: ROK is out of the lithium game, and privatizing as a strictly oil company

Lithium in SK, Part 40: In depth with Energy and Resources Minister on new lithium royalty scheme

Lithium in SK, Part 39: Province defines lithium royalty structure, based on potash, not oil

Lithium in SK, Part 38: Arizona Lithium is again Prairie Lithium

Lithium in SK, Part 37: EMP Metals gets Sask Critical Minerals Program support, permits, and starts construction on Viewfield demo plant

Lithium in SK, Part 36: Arizona Lithium to use Long Creek Rail for product shipment

Lithium in SK, Part 35: Higher prices per hectare for lithium seen in July 7 Crown sale

Lithium in SK, Part 34: Arizona Lithium all-in on Saskatchewan Prairie Lithium project as it sells its Arizona project

Lithium in SK, Part 33: Arizona Lithium’s path to commercialization this year

Lithium in SK, Part 32: EMP Metals announces results from step-out well near Stoughton

 

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Lithium in SK, Part 31: Critical Mineral Incentives implemented

Lithium in SK, Part 30: Hub City Lithium completes pilot, changes ownership structure, and is drilling near Stoughton

 

Lithium in SK, Part 29: Arizona Lithium begins drilling commercial production wells near Torquay

Lithium in SK, Part 28: Hub City Lithium operating direct lithium extraction pilot in Estevan

Lithium in SK, Part 27: Lithium Bank sells Estevan area land to unnamed buyer

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Lithium in SK, Part 26: Enter the big boys: 70-year-old Denison Mines buys into Grounded Lithium’s Kindersley project

Lithium in SK Part 25: Primacy of rights, revisited

Lithium in SK, Part 24: Hub City Lithium releases preliminary economic assessment for Viewfield project

Lithium in SK, Part 23: November Crown land sale shows expanding positions

Lithium in SK, Part 22: Arizona Lithium is running its pilot plant for Torquay project, elaborates on commercialization plans for 2025

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Lithium in SK, Part 21: Arizona Lithium begins work on future commercial site near Torquay

Lithium in SK, Part 20: Hub City Lithium again finds some of the high concentrations in Canada, announcing second test well results

Lithium in SK, Part 19: Grounded Lithium’s Kindersley project could cost $447 million to build, but bring in $350 million per year

 

Lithium in SK, Part 18: Hub City Lithium drills second targeted well in Viewfield area, near Stoughton

Lithium in SK, Part 17: Lithium prices have come down … to only US$70,000 a tonne. A decade ago, they were US$7,000

Lithium in SK, Part 16: Arizona Lithium closes Prairie Lithium deal

Lithium in SK, Part 15: Grounded Lithium lays out its development plan

Lithium in SK, Part 14: Prairie Lithium gets federal money, acquisition deal to close soon

Lithium in SK, Part 13B: Hub City announces highest lithium concentration to date, by a significant margin

Lithium in SK: Part 13: Coming into lithium with revenue already flowing from oil

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Lithium in SK, Part 12: Hub City Lithium shows promising results northeast of Weyburn

Lithium in SK, Part 11: A detailed video on lithium geology in SE Sask

Lithium in SK, Part 10: A helium explorer who found lithium responds

Lithium in SK, Part 9: And the acquisitions begin, with Prairie Lithium to be acquired by Arizona Lithium

Lithium in SK, Part 8: Ministry of Energy and Resources response to primacy of rights issues

Lithium in SK: Part 7b: The rent’s due, and so is the LLR

Lithium in SK, Part 7: Dealing with an embarrassment of riches – sorting out the primacy of rights

Lithium in SK, Part 6: Direct Lithium Extraction is the multi-billion dollar question

Lithium in SK, Part 5: Prairie Lithium – Old wells or new wells?

Lithium in SK, Part 4: Prairie Lithium pursuing the idea there could be lithium in those brines

Lithium in SK, Part 3: Crown land sale reveals sixth entrant in Saskatchewan lithium exploration race

Lithium in SK, Part 2: Saskatchewan government launches lithium incentives

Lithium in SK Part 1: As the race for lithium takes off, Saskatchewan is seeing the dawn of a new industry