Gibb grows alfalfa, which has been a much-derided, water-intensive crop as Utah grapples with the impacts of drought, a changing climate and the crises facing the Great Salt Lake and Colorado River.

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

Impurities like sodium chloride, or table salt, can then be largely washed away. The material, called a sorbent, works at room temperature, unlike some forms of DLE that can require heating, and ...

which indicates that these elements may have a common enrichment mechanism during the evaporation and concentration process of the salt lake. The research also shows that Laguocuo Salt Lake has a high ...

Traditional lithium extraction from brine is a slow and resource-intensive process. It involves pumping brine into massive evaporation ... tests using simulated salt-lake brines, the system ...

My instinct is, best wishes getting Newsome et al to agree to mineral rights near the Salton Sea, even though it’s an accidentally man-made lake and progressively dying due to the salt content.

The Council of Atacameño Peoples filed a complaint in October 2024 against lithium mining companies operating in Chile’s Atacama salt flat ... An SQM evaporation pool. Image by Barinia Montoya.

Alkali lakes and the salt flats that form when the lake dries up altogether have been in the news lately because some alkali lakes and flats are a major source of lithium, which is needed to make ...

HB433, passed in 2024, mandated the Division of Oil, Gas and Mining to conduct a study and make recommendations to the 2025 Legislature on multiple mineral developments of brines, excluding those in ...