UTILIZATION OF LAPINDO HEAT MUD SMELTING

Water height gauge mounted in Lapindo mud shelter pool, Porong, Sidoarjo, East Java, Friday (15/7/2022). Based on the survey and review of the Geology Agency of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) mentions that Lapindo mud contains the potential of rare soil metal minerals (LTJ) or rare earth (REE) and metal critical raw material (CRM) in the form of Lithium (Li) content that can be processed into raw materials of battery technology components for electric vehicles or batteries for renewable new energy-based power plants (EBT) such as Solar Power Generation (PLTS). ANTARA PHOTO/Umarul Faruq/hp.