Karel Janicek

Associated Press

In this picture taken on Wednesday, March 22, 2017, Otto Janout, a prospector and one of the four founders of Geomet company, picks up a piece of ore containing lithium inside a former mine located at the border with Germany near the village of Cinovec, Czech Republic. An expected massive surge in demand for the Lithium metal means a revival of centuries-long mining tradition in the area.

Lithium Revives Centuries-Old Mining Tradition

Demand for the light metal is expected to triple in the next decade.

In this picture taken on Tuesday Feb. 28, 2017 in Litovel, Czech Republic, George Harrisson commemorative turntables are being manufactured at the SEV Litovel turntable factory. The company is considered the biggest maker of quality turntables in the world and has been increasing output year after year with the end of the market surge nowhere in sight.

Turntables Boosted By Vinyl Boom

As vinyl records make a global comeback, so do turntables.