Lithium is emerging as a strategic resource, pushing Europe to develop domestic mining and reduce dependence on Chinese-controlled critical mineral supply chains. In recent years, the European Union ...
The southern African country’s resource ambitions play out amid a US–China battle for Africa’s critical minerals.
Aerial view of lithium mining pits in Atacama Salt Flat, Chile, on July 29, 2024. The minerals found in an electric-car battery often travel thousands of miles around the world before the vehicles ...
The company aiming to develop Ghana’s first lithium mine has emerged from a tumultuous half-year with its independence intact, a fresh stream of funding, and its sights firmly set on a final ...
A CHINESE lithium producer has begun construction of a lithium processing plant in Zimbabwe as the southern African country tightens controls on raw mineral exports to encourage higher-value refining ...
An employee with EnergyX, an Austin-based lithium startup, works in the company's laboratory on Oct. 7. This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news ...