Mississippi sits on the Smackover Formation, which contains one of the nation’s highest-grade lithium brines. The element is ...

A new chemical extraction process could help the U.S. dramatically reduce its dependence on foreign lithium supplies, ...

The United States is accelerating domestic lithium production through government investment, new extraction technologies, and ...

Demand for lithium is rising fast as electric vehicles, wind turbines, and grid-scale batteries ...

Inside the McDermitt Caldera, a 16‑million‑year‑old volcanic crater straddling the Oregon–Nevada border, geologists have ...

The facility, built by Qinghai CITIC Guoan Technology Development Co., Ltd. in Qinghai Province, has begun operating at full ...

Still or sparkling? Either way, the problem of scale remains Lithium-ion batteries are everywhere, and recycling them cleanly and safely at scale is still hard. Now, a Chinese research team claims to ...

Conventional lithium extraction requires several complex steps, as well as the use of acid and high temperatures, over the course of several hours. Researchers at Penn State have developed a new ...

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 ...

A Texas-based company is asking the Arkansas Oil & Gas Commission to set a 2.5% royalty rate on brine extracted to procure ...

But soon, prices crashed back down to earth. We saw lower-than-expected demand for EVs in the US, and developers ramped up mining and processing to meet demand. Through late 2024 and 2025, lithium ...