In 2022, a benchmark lithium chemical hit a record above $80,000 per metric ton in key market China amid expectations of ...

While the figure is an official USGS estimate, extracting the mineral poses major technical and environmental challenges.

Researchers hoped results from the latest trial on low-dose lithium would settle the question of lithium’s potential to ...

The world’s largest lithium miner also reported that its dormant Charlotte-area lithium mine took a big step forward to ...

Long-standing regulations mean the United States may not be able to compete with Chinese critical mineral production despite ...

The U.S. has spent many years trailing nations like China in terms of lithium production, but a big discovery may change all ...

Lithium chloride may affect many cellular level changes in Alzheimer's disease, a new study from the University of Eastern ...

Writer and occasional reluctant perpetrator of engine swaps, James O'Neil is a malaise era enthusiast and also fascinated by the many ways the auto industry has since recovered from those dark days.

Thea Riofrancos’s Extraction tells the story of how a critical mineral became the focus of a worldwide battle over the future of green energy and, by extension, capitalism. A worker holds lithium ...

A new study finds that brain electrical activity tied to impulsive decision-making—a key contributor to suicide risk—changes ...

Lithium is extracted from brine at Silver Peak, Nevada, currently the only active lithium resource in the U.S. A UC Davis study shows that as demand for lithium grows in coming years, battery ...

While using batteries properly is of the utmost importance for safety, many people may not be as fastidious about where they ...