A year ago, lithium was the trade nobody wanted. The Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF (NYSEARCA:LIT) had been bleeding for ...

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Engineers have developed a new technology that enables the direct extraction of lithium from solid salt mixtures derived from ...

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Lithium prices are not reflecting actual demand trends, with some experts warning of a potential correction due to oversupply concerns and high production costs. While EV adoption and battery ...

Many climate experts see its deserts as a place to build the green-energy future. For two local activists, the price is too great. Patrick Donnelly and Naomi Fraga in a salt flat on the edge of Ash ...

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Tiny amounts of lithium -- a natural metal -- may help protect the brain from Alzheimer's and signs of aging, new research shows. Scientists at Harvard Medical School and Rush University found that ...

Lithium prices are on fire, with prices of lithium carbonate futures hitting 18-month highs of $99,000 yuan, or roughly $14,060 per metric ton, on Dec. 22. China holds the world's largest ...

A lungful of hydrogen sulfide nearly killed John Burba a few months into his first job in the West Texas oil patch. He’d grown up in the region, where his dad worked for Gulf Oil as a drilling ...

UNLV physicists say they’re testing a way to restore lithium-ion battery capacity using powerful X-rays.