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 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 ...

Welcome to the May 2025 edition of the lithium miner news. The past month saw lithium prices lower again, despite several lithium producers now running at a loss. This is not sustainable. Reports that ...

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 ...

South Dakota has reserves of 15 of the 50 minerals the U.S. government has labeled as critical. Rising global demand for minerals used in technology, like lithium and graphite, is driving new mining ...

This article was submitted as part of the Global Voices Climate Justice fellowship, which pairs journalists from Sinophone and Global Majority countries to investigate the effects of Chinese ...

China lithium carbonate spot prices and spodumene spot prices were significantly higher the past month. Lithium market news - CATL suspends output at the China lithium mine for three months due to ...

One of the country’s largest lithium deposits exists underground outside Charlotte, North Carolina. Communities living in the area were concerned about the effects of historic lithium mining on ...