Construction of the first large-scale direct lithium extraction plant in the U.S. began last month in California's "Lithium Valley"— igniting potential to transform the Salton Sea area into a ...

Companies developing technologies to chemically extract lithium directly from brine promise to obtain the battery raw material in a way that has less environmental impact than the large evaporation ...

While lithium extraction technologies generally focus on ways to get the essential metal out of the ground, there's another source to mine: existing batteries that no longer work. A new technique ...

Anhalt, long known forgas drilling and little else, have taken on new significance. Deep below the surface, brine once extracted for energy now holds different potential, not for combustion, but for ...

A new, accidental discovery by University of Michigan scientists allows for the cost-effective extraction of lithium from magnesium-rich brines by using charged membranes without electricity. The ...

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has committed to a $1.4 billion loan for a project that will use an emerging technology to separate lithium from geothermal brines in California. The agency says the ...

An aerial photo is showing the largest energy storage 400MW project in Shandong province in Zaozhuang City, China, on March 10, 2024. The ultra-long life battery being used in this project employs ...

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 ...

Standard Lithium, working with Equinor, a Norwegian energy company, is hoping to use a process called direct lithium extraction to create lithium carbonate from the salty brine in the Smackover ...