The country’s only fully operational lithium mine had an air pollution problem, Nevada regulators found.

Lithium mining operations can contribute to both air and water pollution. The extraction process releases dust and other ...

Despite an escalating trade war, the U.S. remains dependent on China for key imports, including electric vehicle (EV) ...

Global demand for lithium is expected to increase by nearly 500% over the next few decades, as countries invest more in ...

A lithium gold rush is erupting beneath California's Salton Sea, where a $540 billion discovery could supercharge U.S. battery independence.

Chile's Indigenous communities in the lithium-rich Atacama Desert are in talks with two of the nation's biggest miners to ...

This story is part of the Grist series Unearthed: The Mining Issue, which examines the ... that are most critical to the energy transition: lithium, cobalt, and nickel, which are key components ...

Deep sea mining operations are expected to increase the negative impact on environmental indicators by up to 13 per cent, a change categorized as having 'great' significance, relative to the 'without' ...

Lithium. Cobalt. Nickel. Manganese. Graphite. Mining these materials is an inherently dirty and extractive process. It comes at a steep cost, disproportionately paid by communities that have dealt ...

New research led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst scientists debunks commonly accepted models used to estimate available water for lithium mining — and found the mining to have ...

Sleepless nights and irritated eyes and lungs — this is what residents say they're living with beside one of the world's largest lithium mines.

The federal government is giving the public scant time to respond to a proposal that would allow an Australian company to explore for lithium on the Oregon-Nevada border.