Salt deposits float as the mountains are reflected in a lithium brine evaporation pool at Silver Peak lithium mine in Silver Peak, Nev. on Oct. 6, 2022. (Bridget Bennett for NPR) Lithium brine ...

Although lithium can be found in hard mineral ores, it's more often extracted from very salty (aka briny) groundwater. The latter task could soon be much quicker and eco-friendlier, thanks to a new ...

Teague Egan's tour of Bolivia's famed salt flat in 2018 changed the trajectory of his career. The flat is called Salar de Uyuni. The seemingly endless expanse of chalky white crust is home to the ...

A quiet region in northern Germany has suddenly gained global attention after scientists confirmed one of the world’s largest ...

Alberta based E3 Lithium has the largest lithium resource in Canada, with 16 million tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent on a M&I basis, now testing its DLE field pilot. The challenge was ...

Exxon Mobil, Chevron and Occidental Petroleum are betting big on emerging technologies to extract lithium from drilling wastes and salt flats. Since oil and gas drilling began nearly 150 years ago, ...

OREM, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EcoVAP, Inc. is proud to announce the first results of a pilot-scale EcoVAP Evaporation Matrix at the Brackish Groundwater National Desalination Research Facility (“BGNDRF ...

Salty water gurgles quietly through a pipe across a dry lakebed and into a Caribbean-blue pond. It's carrying an element that is crucial to the electric car revolution and, suddenly, one of the ...