However, in recent years, the mining giant has been expanding its position in the world’s lithium market. In March 2025, the company cemented its position as one of the biggest lithium-producing ...

GeoFrame has promised to create more than 100 local jobs, transform Mount Vernon into America’s largest single lithium ...

Argentina's state energy company YPF on Monday said it is partnering with Israel-based firm XtraLit to jointly develop direct ...

Prices for lithium, a soft, silvery-white metal used in batteries, have been a casualty of slowing expectations for electric vehicle growth, perhaps providing long-term investors with attractive ...

Creating demand for minerals “is best done by ensuring clean-tech manufacturing markets are here,” says Milo McBride, a ...

Eruptions from an ancient supervolcano helped to create one of the world’s largest deposits of lithium 1. The element is used in rechargeable batteries and other clean-energy technologies.

Together with Bolivia and Chile, Argentina is part of the so-called lithium triangle, which contains about 54% of the world's reserves of this metal. According to the Argentine Chamber of Mining ...

Barriers are high to development of mines and processing plants for vital metals needed for U.S. competition with China.

Recent declines in lithium prices have created potential entry points for long-term investors. As a critical material for ...

IGO’s primary asset is a noncontrolling 25% stake in the Greenbushes mine, the world’s largest and lowest-cost hard rock lithium operation. The mine is operated by Talison Lithium, a joint ...

Lightweight lithium metal is a heavy-hitting critical mineral, serving as the key ingredient in the rechargeable batteries that power phones, laptops, electric vehicles and more. As ubiquitous as ...