As demand — and competition — for critical minerals used in clean technologies heats up around the world, mining startups are ...

With an electric current and hydrogen peroxide, researchers at Penn State have developed a more efficient way to extract ...

The Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) market is rapidly expanding, driven by soaring lithium demand for electric vehicles and energy storage. Offering faster processing times and higher recovery rates ...

Demand for lithium is rising fast as electric vehicles, wind turbines, and grid-scale batteries ...

Lithium extraction technologies have evolved significantly in response to the growing demand for this critical element in energy storage and electric vehicle applications. Traditional methods have ...

During the recent Digging Deeper: The Future of Mining Benzinga virtual event, Alex Wylie, president, CEO, and director of Volt Lithium, detailed the company’s groundbreaking approach. Unlike ...

Chile, the lithium producer with the richest brine deposits, is looking to expand into new types of extraction including from clay, even as low battery-metal prices squeeze the industry. The ...

Meanwhile, a promising new extraction method for lithium could lead to upheaval in the lithium sector over the coming years. This week, International Battery Metals (TSE:IBAT) became the first company ...

In brief: A team from the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering may have cracked the code on a new lithium extraction method that's both more efficient and environmentally ...

But soon, prices crashed back down to earth. We saw lower-than-expected demand for EVs in the US, and developers ramped up mining and processing to meet demand. Through late 2024 and 2025, lithium ...

Mississippi sits on the Smackover Formation, which contains one of the nation’s highest-grade lithium brines. The element is ...