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

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

BEIJING -- China has achieved a major industrial breakthrough in extracting lithium, a critical metal for electric vehicle ...

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 ...

A new one-step, water- acid- and alkali-free method for extracting high-purity lithium from spodumene ore has the potential to transform critical metal processing and enhance renewable energy supply ...

While lithium extraction technologies generally focus on ways to get the essential metal out of the ground, there's another source to mine: existing batteries that no longer work. A new technique ...

International Battery Metals Ltd. (“IBAT”) (TSXV: IBAT) & (OTCQB: IBATF), an advanced technology provider of modular direct lithium extraction (DLE) systems, today announced it has entered into an ...

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 ...

Lithium demand is expected to increase significantly in the coming decades as the world turns to greener sources of energy to meet its net-zero goals. But extracting and processing lithium is not an ...

Through a newly signed trade agreement with Mercosur, the European Union gained priority access to substantial reserves of critical minerals and agricultural products. This long-negotiated pact ...

Lithium is a critical element as the world transitions to clean energy. However, its flammable nature and fine particulate ...

Chinese team says their process can recover most of the lithium without the need for harsh and polluting chemicals Chinese ...