A method known as direct extraction is better for the environment, but has yet to prove itself economical. At a llama farm outside the picturesque desert town of Tilcara in the mineral-rich province ...

Lithium is emerging as a strategic resource, pushing Europe to develop domestic mining and reduce dependence on Chinese-controlled critical mineral supply chains. In recent years, the European Union ...

A new report on the impact of lithium mining in South America’s lithium triangle finds the rush to extract lithium in Chile’s Salar de Atacama has had a severe impact on the area’s water supplies.

Large-scale lithium mining may impact scarce and precious water resources and balance in Argentina’s arid ecosystems, says Clemente Flores, president of the El Angosto Indigenous community. Flores ...

“Corkran’s systematic evaluations revealed two new processes,” says Boutt, professor of Earth, geographic, and climate sciences at UMass Amherst and the paper’s senior author. AMHERST, Mass. — One of ...

Starting just outside Charlotte, North Carolina, a vast underground deposit of lithium stretches south for 25 miles. A key component of rechargeable batteries and energy grid storage systems, the soft ...

Shares of Chinese lithium producers rose sharply while South Korean battery stocks strengthened, after Chinese battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology suspended a major mining project. The gains ...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has taken equity stakes in Canadian company Lithium Americas and its Nevada mining joint venture with General Motors as part of a renegotiation of a federal loan.

One of the biggest obstacles on the road to a low-carbon energy future is caused by the rare-earth element lithium, a critical component for the batteries that can store the abundant and sustainable ...