Kuska covers 105 sq. km. of the Ollagüe Salar, which represents one of the first six locations earmarked by the Chilean ...

Despite falling prices amid concerns over oversupply with slower EV sales growth, global lithium production is estimated to ...

Chile's Atacama salt flat is sinking at a rate of 1-2 centimeters per year due to lithium brine extraction, Reuters reported Thursday, citing a study by the University of Chile that used satellite ...

The low-carbon transition needs batteries. And those need lithium. Fortunately, the metal is abundant, and science is getting ...

Australia: Lithium mining powerhouse (6.2 million tonnes ... (Top photo of lithium fields and evaporation ponds in Chile’s ...

Brine ponds at the Salar de Atacama in Chile ... Source: NASA Earth Observatory, by Lauren Dauphin Mining lithium brine is quite unlike any of the other methods of mining we’ve covered before ...

Rare earths, which President Donald Trump hopes to secure from Ukraine as part of a deal for US aid, are strategic metals essential for industries developing computers, batteries, and cutting-edge ...

Mining rare earth and heavy metals emit large amounts of emissions whilst also having a noticeable impact on the environment. Around half of lithium mining comes from brine extraction while the ...

Chile is the world’s second-biggest producer of lithium, a key component for electric vehicle batteries. US-based Albemarle and Chile’s SQM are the only companies extracting lithium in the South ...

Although small, the production growth has raised hopes that the mining giant will stage ... partnership with the domestic lithium producer SQM SQM to mine the Atacama salt flats has stalled ...

Lower prices then led to the shutdown of lithium mining projects as the market continued to adjust to changing public- and private-sector priorities.