The Atacama Desert is a major source of lithium for EV batteries. As global demand ramps up, the local Lickanantay people are ...

C hile's Atacama salt flat is sinking at a rate of 1-2 centimeters per year due to lithium brine extraction, Reuters reported Thursday, citing a study by the University of Chile that used ...

Thousands of foreign travellers visit the geysers, salt flats, oases and volcanoes ... The town became one of the centres for saltpetre mining in Chile and was named after the British chemical ...

Brines can be found beneath the salt lakes in the “lithium triangle ... In addition to Soquimich, U.S. company Albemarle also mines lithium in Chile. However, the focus of criticism with ...

Chile's Government Monday approved the creation of the “Lithium and Salt Flats Committee” to ... of representatives from the Ministries of Mining (who shall chair it); Economy, Development ...

But extracting the coveted salt means descending into dark caves, then blasting and carrying heavy rock. Faizan Panjwani: The problem is the massive size of the blocks that come from the mine.

Salt mining in the Salzkammergut region began over 7,000 years ago, with Bad Ischl among one of several critical transportation points for the "white gold". From our morning news briefing to a ...

Top Comments Disclaimer & comment rules Sergio Vega Something must be told about the coal based energy production in Chile. First, along the 20 years leftist Gvt. were approved 67 thermal plant ...

A guard gate blocks access to the San José mine site rescue operations in northern Chile on Tuesday, October 12, 2010. One of countless tributes to the trapped miners marks the side of the road ...