California's Salton Sea holds vast lithium reserves worth $540 billion, essential for electric vehicle batteries. However, ...

Nearly half of the world’s known lithium reserves are concentrated in the 160,000-miles square Lithium Triangle — an Andean ...

Scientists conducted a study on the implications of mining lithium at the Salar de Uyuni. The study reported in Environmental Science & Technology Letters informs strategies to manage future ...

Freshwater availability for lithium mining in the Lithium Triangle is significantly overestimated, with actual inflow ranging from 2 to 33 mm per year, contrary to previous estimates of 90 to 230 mm.

New research led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst scientists debunks commonly accepted models used to estimate available water for lithium mining — and found the mining to have ...

With the demand for electric batteries sky-high, mining companies are moving to the salt flats of the Andes, where over half of the world's known lithium reserves are stored. In June 2023 ...

As the electric vehicle and renewable energy markets continue to grow, the need for lithium to manufacture batteries will grow with it, potentially to the point where demand outstrips the mining ...

In its latest blog post Camfil Air Pollution Control (APC) raises awareness about the often-overlooked hazards associated with dust generated ...

The surging demand for lithium is part of a worldwide scramble for a variety of metals used in the manufacture of EVs, widely considered crucial to the green-energy transition. But the mining and ...

Lithium mining is here to stay, and it’s part of the future of the state economy. Moan, whose organization has worked with the Desert Research Institute on establishing guidelines for protecting ...