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 ...

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

By bnl editorial staff China's growing dominance over the lithium value chain is entrenching a 'predominantly extractive' ...

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

The Appalachian region of the eastern United States contains an estimated 2.3 million metric tons of undiscovered, ...

USGS study finds 2.3 million metric tons of lithium in the Appalachian region, enough to reduce US import reliance.

They’ve hit the mother lode. We may no longer need to rely on foreign batteries to power our electronics. Geologists have ...

Deep beneath one of America’s oldest mountain ranges, scientists say a vast and largely untapped resource could reshape the ...

McDermitt Caldera in Oregon is attracting attention for what could be one of the largest lithium deposits ever identified in ...

A recent discovery in Appalachia could unlock U.S. dominance in lithium, an increasingly critical mineral. Policymakers should eliminate processing and regulatory hurdles that have kept similar riches ...

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 ...