Metal mining company Rio Tinto (RIO) is reportedly in talks with the Democratic Republic of the Congo to establish a new ...

New research into lithium mining in the "Lithium Triangle" of Chile, Argentina and Bolivia—source of more than half of the ...

New research into lithium mining in the “Lithium Triangle” of Chile, Argentina and Bolivia — source of more than half of the ...

For more than a century, outsiders have come for what’s on this land. First, it was for gold. Today, it’s for lithium, a ...

Nearly half of the world’s known lithium reserves are concentrated in the 160,000-miles square Lithium Triangle — an Andean ...

Core Lithium suspended activities at the Finniss project in January 2024 following a decline in lithium prices. The restart ...

The Atacama Desert is a major source of lithium for EV batteries. As global demand ramps up, the local Lickanantay people are ...

Prices forecasted to double by 2026, major acquisitions, and government action on minerals. Read our monthly roundup on ...

Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO) has held discussions with the Democratic Republic of Congo’s government about developing the Roche Dure ...

Securing investment from a Western firm of Rio’s size would be a significant boost for the central African nation’s leaders.

This story was originally published by Grist with the headline The weirdest ways scientists are mining for critical minerals, ...

New research led by UMass Amherst hydrologists sounds the alarm over mining practices that use unsustainable amounts fresh water.