The Bureau of Land Management has approved a controversial lithium mining exploration project in Malheur County.

Two non-profits want court to reconsider a claim they filed in 2024 that the environmental impact report for the Hell’s Kitchen lithium mine near the Salton Sea neglects potential problems with air ...

A vast lithium deposit beneath a dormant supervolcano in the western United States is being framed as a potential turning ...

Lithium is extracted from brine at Silver Peak, Nevada, currently the only active lithium resource in the U.S. A UC Davis study shows that as demand for lithium grows in coming years, battery ...

With a global turn to greener technologies in efforts to tame climate change, electric vehicles (EVs) are high in demand, even despite their recent slowdown. Concurrently, there is soaring demand for ...

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 ...

A key Chinese lithium mine run by Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. is preparing to reopen as soon as early next month.

For a long time, most of the world's lithium was produced by an oligopoly of US-listed producers. However, the sector has transformed significantly in recent years. Interested investors should cast a ...

Concrete is the world's most manufactured item, with more than 25 billion tons used in construction each year. It's also ...

The country’s only fully operational lithium mine had an air pollution problem, Nevada regulators found. State officials intervened and held a so-called “enforcement conference” on March 25 because ...

While lithium extraction technologies generally focus on ways to get the essential metal out of the ground, there's another ...