The country’s only fully operational lithium mine had an air pollution problem, Nevada regulators found. Until the state intervened and held a so-called “enforcement conference” on March 25, the ...

It’s a sunny, cloudless morning in the Poço Dantas when a sudden loud blow shakes the ground of Maria Aparecida’s* house. A ...

Despite an escalating trade war, the U.S. remains dependent on China for key imports, including electric vehicle (EV) ...

Mining the lithium involves extracting salty brine and storing it in large evaporation ponds where the sun removes the water, leaving behind a solution that is then chemically treated to produce ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom has described the region as the Saudi Arabia of lithium mining, with the surrounding ... free from landfill waste or air pollution, concerns have persisted over ...

Indigenous communities are in talks with Codelco and SQM to gain more influence over plans to increase lithium extraction.