Duke University researchers reveal boron controls pH in lithium-rich brines, offering insights to improve lithium extraction.

Ilya Epikhin, principal at Arthur D. Little explains how drought, demand and desalination are transforming water use at mines ...

The Trump administration is trying to position direct lithium extraction, deepsea mining and battery materials-focused ...

These plants are part of Nigeria's commitment to leveraging its extensive mineral wealth for economic development.

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 ...

Residents won’t see the vast evaporation ponds of Bolivia’s lithium mines or pits the ... the aquifer,” Pfeffer said. The brine processing plant will start small and grow with each of ...

The company successfully produced 98.9% lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE), validating the process design and brine compatibility for conventional scalable processing ... the pilot plant, construction ...

As China continues to dominate global lithium processing and consumption ... that involve open pit mining or large evaporation ponds. By using adsorption, resin or membranes, lithium can be ...

According to Patel: “By integrating SSEs into electrodialysis systems, we could enable direct lithium extraction from a range of aqueous sources, reducing the need for large evaporation ponds and ...

The Salar de Uyuni stretches 2.5 million acres across a high plateau in Bolivia. Credit: Avner Vengosh/Duke University Salar de Uyuni holds the world’s largest lithium reserve, but mining could ...

The team also found a higher concentration of boron in evaporation ponds. However, the levels of both arsenic and boron in the lithium processing plants were much lower, even lower than in the natural ...

In comparison, evaporation pond brine became increasingly acidic ... By contrast, wastewater from the lithium processing plant showed relatively low levels of boron and arsenic similar to, and ...