Geologists and mining officials speak on what this discovery means for Nevada, our country, and the environment.

East Texas is no stranger to mining booms. After all, Spindletop, an oil field near Beaumont, gave birth to the country’s ...

The Lithium Triangle spans more than 414,000 square kilometers (160,000 square miles) across Chile, Argentina and Bolivia, where an arid climate and water-trapping basins have helped form an ...

Established mining companies don’t have enough lithium to supply the industry as electric vehicle sales soar. General Motors plans for all its car sales to be electric by 2035.

Silver Peak, which began mining lithium in the 1960s, won’t remain the only U.S. lithium mine for long. The Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at Arizona State University has documented ...

Late last month, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management granted approval for a massive new lithium mine in the Nevada desert, the start of what could foretell a rapid ramp-up of domestic mining for so ...

Pushback to lithium mining grows in the Andes. A method known as direct extraction is better for the environment, but has yet to prove itself economical. World/International by .

A bill to increase regulations on lithium mining was shot down Feb. 13, advocates and the House Ag. Committee are planning a summer session to learn more about the issue.

More mining for lithium in the U.S. will stress a vital resource, water. This story comes to us from the Howard Center for Investigative journalism at Arizona State University. Caitlin Thompson ...

Few Americans follow the nation’s lithium-mining industry as closely as Patrick Donnelly. Since 2021, he has set up 30 or so Google Alerts for variations on the word “lithium,” and he uses ...

A group of nonprofits, area businesses and water users tried to stop a lithium mining project near the Green River this summer. Their attempt failed, but now they’re trying again — in court ...

Does Europe need lithium mining projects? Is there such a thing as responsible mining? This episode of Euronews Tech Talks delves into this heated debate with insights from experts.