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Chile’s lithium boom promises jobs and money — but threatens a critical water source
In the main square of Peine, a village of low houses and dirt streets in Chile’s northern Atacama Desert, there is barely any ...
High Teck: The Canadian miner bets its future on a copper mine in the Atacama Desert
The Canadian miner’s reinvention as a critical-metals player—via its massive copper mine in Chile’s Andean foothills— could ...
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We are vastly overestimating the amount of fresh water available for lithium mining, new study finds
New research into lithium mining in the “Lithium Triangle” of Chile, Argentina and Bolivia — source of more than half of the ...
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How one community in Chile is blessed and cursed with lithium
ATACAMA DESERT, Chile — At the top of a craggy ... represent the Indigenous Lickanantay people's resistance to the lithium mining that many say is tearing their communities apart.
8 Most Profitable Lithium Stocks to Invest In
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. (NYSE:SQM) is a global supplier of lithium, iodine, and specialty plant nutrients, ...
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10 Alarming Facts About the Environmental Toll of Lithium Mining
Lithium is often extracted from brine pools in arid regions such as the Atacama Desert in Chile. These areas are already facing water scarcity issues, and the mining process exacerbates the problem.
The Battery Boom Is Draining the Andes – And Scientists Say It’s Worse Than We Thought
New research reveals that current global water models dramatically overestimate the amount of freshwater available for ...
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Scale of global mining conflicts threaten clean energy transition, experts warn
The number of conflicts disrupting or halting the mining of critical minerals, like copper and lithium, is putting the energy transition required to combat climate change ...