Berkshire Hathaway, Occidental Form Lithium-Extraction Venture

June 11, 2024--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Last week, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A) (Omaha, Nebraska) and Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY) (Oxy) (Houston, Texas) announced that they would team up to determine whether lithium can be extracted from geothermal brine produced at Berkshire Hathaway's geothermal power plants in California's Imperial Valley in an environmentally friendly manner.