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Legal action over huge lithium project in DR Congo on hold as US battles China’s dominance
AVZ Minerals has paused a legal action over a Congo mining project as the US seeks to buy its stake and rival China’s ...
Earth.com1d
Lithium discovery has vast implications for future mining operations
Duke University researchers reveal boron controls pH in lithium-rich brines, offering insights to improve lithium extraction.
University of California, Davis2d
EV Battery Recycling Key to Future Lithium Supplies
Lightweight, powerful lithium-ion batteries are crucial for the transition to electric vehicles, and global demand for ...
The Missoula Current News2d
Conservationists sue to protect rare Nevada toad from proposed mining projects
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service acknowledged in 2024 that Nevada’s Railroad Valley toad may need to be protected, but it ...
Talk Business & Politics3d
Lithium mining compensation structure approved by state officials
State officials on Wednesday (May 28) approved a lithium compensation plan as part of an application from Standard Lithium ...
USA Today3d
Environmentalists appeal decision that favored lithium project near Salton Sea
After a California judge denied environmentalists' claims that the Hells Kitchen lithium extraction project ... for The Desert Sun and co-authors USA Today Climate Point. She can be reached ...
Utah wants less money from companies starting controversial mining projects. Here’s why.
We need to be competitive to encourage exploration and production on trust lands," said Stephanie Barber-Renteria, managing ...
Marketplace8d
Pushback to lithium mining grows in the Andes
In the spectacular multicolored mountains of the lower Andes, el agua es vida — water is life. During Carnaval, women poured ...
Unique chemistry discovered in critical lithium deposits
Much of the world's lithium occurs in salty waters with fundamentally different chemistry than other naturally saline waters ...
Congo’s coltan miners dig for world’s tech — and struggle regardless of who is in charge
Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi has sought out a deal with the Trump administration, offering mineral access in return for ...
A rare olive-colored fish that exists only in Nevada could soon be listed as an endangered species
Federal protections could soon be extended to a rare Nevada fish that environmentalists say is “barely clinging to existence" ...
How the US plans to break China’s stranglehold on lithium
Underground brine reservoirs flowing across Arkansas and neighbouring states contain high concentrations of the silvery-white metal; a US Geological Survey study published in October estimated the ...