President Trump signed an order Thursday aimed at making it easier for companies to mine the ocean floor. Scientists and ...

President Trump is reportedly considering an executive order that would speed up permitting for deep-sea mining, which could lead to a host of problems for underwater ecosystems.

Deep-sea mining endangers rare species, threatening biodiversity in the ocean's depths and raising critical questions about ...

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 ...

Mining the lithium involves extracting salty brine and storing it in large evaporation ponds where the sun removes the water, leaving behind a solution that is then chemically treated to produce ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Europe is believed to possess significant yet unexploited lithium resources in Germany, Czechia, Serbia, Spain, Portugal and Austria. However, mining projects in these countries have faced strong ...

(The Center Square) — Maine lawmakers are wrangling along party lines over proposals to restrict or expand lithium mining in western Maine, with the valuable metal in high demand for ...