Demand for lithium has surged in recent years as lithium-ion batteries increasingly power more of our world. And yet, even as ...

While we make batteries based on many different chemistries, nothing has approached the massive scale at which we can produce ...

Lithium sits at the center of the battery economy. Yet getting it out of rock still looks surprisingly crude. Spodumene, the ...

If scaled up, this method could easily address the biggest issues in lithium mining, as well as the looming supply crisis for the valuable element.

Lithium is the lightest and smallest alkali metal in the periodic table and possesses a high electrochemical potential. These attributes make it attractive for use in batteries, as it can provide a ...

Emerging DLE technologies offer higher recovery efficiency, faster production times, and a smaller environmental footprint compared with traditional methods like solar evaporation. Current pilot ...

Many climate experts see its deserts as a place to build the green-energy future. For two local activists, the price is too great. Patrick Donnelly and Naomi Fraga in a salt flat on the edge of Ash ...

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 ...