Global demand for lithium is expected to increase by nearly 500% over the next few decades, as countries invest more in ...

New research into lithium mining in the "Lithium Triangle" of Chile, Argentina and Bolivia—source of more than half of the world's lithium resources—shows that the commonly accepted models ...

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 ...

The federal government is giving the public scant time to respond to a proposal that would allow an Australian company to explore for lithium on the Oregon-Nevada border.

Although this small town has just over 300 residents, its population can quadruple after 6 p.m. when workers from across the country return from mining lithium — the mineral that has turned this ...

One proposal, filed by state Sen. Joseph Martin, R-Oxford, would exempt pegmatite mining — extracting lithium and other minerals igneous rocks — from the restrictions approved last year if the ...

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.