As demand — and competition — for critical minerals used in clean technologies heats up around the world, mining startups are ...

Demand for lithium is rising fast as electric vehicles, wind turbines, and grid-scale batteries ...

Demand for lithium is skyrocketing as factories across the world churn out electric vehicles and the massive batteries that ...

Still or sparkling? Either way, the problem of scale remains Lithium-ion batteries are everywhere, and recycling them cleanly and safely at scale is still hard. Now, a Chinese research team claims to ...

Chile, the lithium producer with the richest brine deposits, is looking to expand into new types of extraction including from clay, even as low battery-metal prices squeeze the industry. The ...

During the recent Digging Deeper: The Future of Mining Benzinga virtual event, Alex Wylie, president, CEO, and director of Volt Lithium, detailed the company’s groundbreaking approach. Unlike ...

Lithium extraction technologies have evolved significantly in response to the growing demand for this critical element in energy storage and electric vehicle applications. Traditional methods have ...

The facility, built by Qinghai CITIC Guoan Technology Development Co., Ltd. in Qinghai Province, has begun operating at full ...

Mississippi sits on the Smackover Formation, which contains one of the nation’s highest-grade lithium brines. The element is ...

Meanwhile, a promising new extraction method for lithium could lead to upheaval in the lithium sector over the coming years. This week, International Battery Metals (TSE:IBAT) became the first company ...

In brief: A team from the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering may have cracked the code on a new lithium extraction method that's both more efficient and environmentally ...