Demand for lithium is soaring as automakers ramp up electric vehicle production and energy companies build larger battery systems to support wind and ...

According to the California Energy Commission, the Salton Sea region (pictured above) contains the fifth largest lithium deposit in the world. As the world pivots towards electrification, the demand ...

In the race for solutions to unlock untapped sources, engineers have developed new technology enabling direct lithium extraction from extreme environments like the desert. Demand for lithium -- ...

The growth of Li-ion batteries creates surging demand for lithium, but there is an increasing need for extraction methods that are efficient, sustainable, and versatile across different environments ...

Litus, a Calgary-based critical minerals and battery metals company pioneering nanotechnology solutions for lithium extraction and lithium recovery, today announced it has entered into a Memorandum of ...

Menachem Elimelech, the Nancy and Clint Carlson Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Photo credit: Gustavo Raskosky/Rice University). In the race to meet the growing global demand for ...

Chilean mining companies Codelco and SQM are budgeting $3 billion to deploy new extraction technologies at their lithium ...

Energy Exploration Technologies (EnergyX) has announced "Project Lonestar Lithium," a direct-lithium extraction project that aims to produce up to 25,000 tons of lithium a year from subterranean ...

A new technology can extract lithium from brines at an estimated cost of under 40% that of today’s dominant extraction method, and at just a fourth of lithium’s current market price. The new ...

Lithium is the lightest and smallest alkali metal in the periodic table and possesses a high electrochemical potential. These attributes make it attractive for use in batteries, as it can provide a ...