Lithium production, crucial for the clean energy transition, faces significant challenges due to its high freshwater ...

a lithium-bearing mineral that is considered easier to extract than traditional sources like brine pools in South America. This potential lithium jackpot could surpass the reserves of Bolivia’s ...

New research reveals that current global water models dramatically overestimate the amount of freshwater available for ...

In South America, lithium lies in salt flats. The cheapest way to extract it is to pump water up from underground deposits and let it sit in pools to evaporate, leaving the lithium carbonate from ...

Lithium resources are abundant globally in rock and brine but researchers have discovered a new source in volcanic sediments.

Developers in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and possibly Peru are evaluating the idea of creating an association of lithium-producing ... stance regarding the South Atlantic may bring on substantial ...

As demand soars for powerful batteries, Bolivia dreams of striking it rich by tapping its huge lithium ... pools. Dried salt collects around the edges of the pools. Bolivia remains, among Latin ...