Lithium could be selectively extracted from "low quality" brines using a surprising mechanism discovered at the University of Michigan. The technology could help make brine lakes rich in magnesium a ...

A new one-step, water- acid- and alkali-free method for extracting high-purity lithium from spodumene ore has the potential to transform critical metal processing and enhance renewable energy supply ...

Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO,NYSE:RIO,LSE:RIO) has selected French engineering firm Eurodia to supply the industrial extraction unit for its Argentine lithium subsidiary Rincon, which holds the Rincon lithium ...

Researchers in China are exploring innovative methods to extract lithium from low-quality brines like seawater and salt lakes. In order to facilitate the production of lithium batteries for use in ...

International evaluation agency Sproule ERCE conducted a systematic assessment of the lithium resources in the Altmark region using the internationally recognized CIM/NI43-101 standard. The evaluation ...

Rio Tinto has surrendered exploration tenements covering vast tracts of land in Western Australia as it radically downsizes ...

Albemarle Completes Verification of Lithium Pilot Plant in Chile] US-based Albemarle announced on Wednesday that it has completed verification of its direct lithium extraction (D ...

Conventional lithium extraction requires several complex steps, as well as the use of acid and high temperatures, over the course of several hours. Researchers at Penn State have developed a new ...

In a recent study published in Nature Communications, scientists at the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) have refined a novel technique for removing lithium from ...

You know how EVs and practically anything else that runs on lithium batteries aren't really all that 'green' because producing lithium takes a huge toll on the planet? Scientists at Stanford say ...

Last week, five major players in Arkansas' nascent lithium sector filed an application to set lithium royalties with the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission -- a key regulatory step toward reaching ...

The United States is sitting on a volcanic relic that could reshape the global race for electric vehicle batteries and renewable energy storage. Beneath a vast ancient crater in the West, geologists ...