Electric-car demand is causing an almost insatiable hunger for lithium batteries, but lithium (aka white gold) takes a lot of land and time to extract. The most common method today involves pumping it ...

The U.S. Department of Energy awarded Standard Lithium a $225 million grant in January to advance lithium processing from the Smackover. ・The first production from Arkansas is expected in 2028. ・CEO ...

Researchers developed a new membrane that selectively filters out lithium from brines, offering a faster, cleaner way to produce the element at the heart of nearly every rechargeable battery. The ...

Measuring water availability for lithium extraction can still be unpredictable, especially in the high-altitude Lithium Triangle in Chile, Argentina and Bolivia. Current models can overestimate how ...

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 ...

Lithium is a critical mineral used in batteries for electric vehicles, grid storage, and a host of personal electronics. It is also relatively scarce, so being able to efficiently isolate it from ...