The sustainability of lithium batteries is questioned due to extraction impacts and recycling challenges, necessitating systemic changes for a greener future.

A 2024 astronaut photo shows a striking pink, heart-shaped salt lake in the middle of the Argentine lowlands. The endearing ...

Codelco and Quiborax announced the creation of the company Minera Ascotán SpA to advance in obtaining the Special Lithium ...

CAÑON CITY • It’s around here somewhere. Tiffany Brewer is sure of it. She’s sure, because she’s been here several times before ー this place where one walks atop red rock ridges that rise with the ...

Bonded ice just requires better tools and a little patience. Hit it with heat, chemistry, or hard steel, and you’ll break it eventually. And keep the snow shovel by the door in a storm, so your first ...

As demand — and competition — for critical minerals used in clean technologies heats up around the world, mining startups are ...

At Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni salt flat, brine pumping for battery supply concentrates arsenic; researchers warn effects ripple far beyond the mine.

Deserts cover roughly a third of Earth’s land surface, and they’re far more varied and extreme than most people realise. […] ...

Chile’s comptroller on Friday granted conditional approval to a landmark joint venture between state mining giant Codelco and lithium producer SQM to develop the prized Atacama salt flat, cementing ...

SANTIAGO, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Chile's comptroller on ‌Friday approved, with some guidelines, an ‌agreement between state copper giant Codelco and local miner SQM to operate a joint lithium venture in ...