The Atacama Desert is a major source of lithium for EV batteries. As global demand ramps up, the local Lickanantay people are ...

New research led by UMass Amherst hydrologists sounds the alarm over mining practices that use unsustainable amounts fresh water.

After evaporation, the lithium chloride from the ... have seen their already scarce drinking supplies decline as the lithium mines boom. Toconao, a community east of the salt flat, and some ...

Tivan successfully produced high-purity vanadium electrolyte at its Speewah vanadium mine project in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, just days after beneficiation tests helped optimize the ...

The federal government is giving the public scant time to respond to a proposal that would allow an Australian company to ...

New research into lithium mining in the "Lithium Triangle" of Chile, Argentina and Bolivia—source of more than half of the ...

Rio Tinto has the resources to get into the lithium mining business as it is already the largest iron miner in the world. The ...

Zijin intends to open Congo’s first lithium mine in early 2026, next to the area targeted by KoBold. On March 24 Fastmarkets reported: India’s first battery-grade lithium refinery can take ...