The Colla Indigenous people claim Rio Tinto’s plans to extract the key mineral will harm fragile ecosystems and livelihoods ...

Historically, lithium has been produced using two approaches: hard rock mining of spodumene deposits, as seen at the ...

Scientists have made an accidental breakthrough using charged membranes to extract lithium from magnesium-rich brines more ...

Scientists in the US have developed an “inexpensive” method to mine lithium from seawater, which they claim could lead to sustainable extraction of a mineral that is itself key to the global clean ...

RIYADH - Saudi Arabia has successfully extracted lithium from brine samples from national giant Aramco's oilfields and plans to launch a commercial pilot program for direct extraction soon, the Saudi ...

Lithium. While it’s not quite “the Spice” of Dune, the silvery, reactive metal is an extraordinarily valuable means for ...

A new joint venture between Chile’s state-owned copper producer Codelco and Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile ($SQM) aims to ...

Chilean state-owned copper producer Codelco and private miner SQM announced the creation of a giant company aimed at boosting ...

The partnership between the firms will allow them to jointly ramp up the exploitation of lithium in the Atacama salt flat ...

Last week, five major players in Arkansas' nascent lithium sector filed an application to set lithium royalties with the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission -- a key regulatory step toward reaching ...

Lithium deposit valued at $1.5 trillion is discovered and promises to boost batteries, but worries local indigenous ...