BANGKOK, Jan 22, 2024 (AFP) – Thailand has backtracked on an announcement that it found millions of tonnes of lithium deposits last week, with the government downgrading the scope of its discovery. On Friday, Bangkok announced it had found nearly 15 tonnes of lithium deposits at two sites in the southern province of Phang Nga, which would have ranked its reserves third in the world. But officials had instead discovered 14.8 million tonnes of mineral […]