With lithium in short supply, sodium-ion batteries might offer cheap energy storage with less environmental impact ...
Saltwater is a particular problem for lithium-ion batteries because salt dissolved in water is conductive, which means that ...
More than 180 people are being laid off at U.S. Magnesium, the only company commercially producing lithium in Utah.
Bolivia's government and Chinese consortium CBC, which includes battery manufacturer CATL, have signed an agreement for CBC ...
By Alek Buttermann Bolivia has announced a $1bn agreement with China’s CBC, a subsidiary of battery giant CATL, to establish ...
At more than 3,700 meters (12,000 feet) above sea level, the "karachi" swims happily in dense salt flat waters, but locals ...
Bolivia said Tuesday it had signed a $1 billion deal with China's CBC, a subsidiary of the world's largest lithium battery ...
Uyuni Salt Flat by Leonardo Rossatti from Pexels For example, most of the world’s lithium brines are concentrated in a region known as “The Lithium Triangle”, an intersection of Chile ...
Extracting lithium from hard rocks is laborious and expensive, however, and most of that produced (roughly 83%) at present comes from brine lakes and salt pans: salty water is first pumped out of ...