a lithium-bearing mineral considered easier to extract than traditional sources like South American brine pools. This ...

Before it can be refined, lithium-rich brine is pumped to the surface and mixed with groundwater, then slowly transferred between turquoise pools on the surface of the salt flat where it evaporates.

Toxins from lithium salt evaporation pools tend to leach into surrounding water or soil, wreaking their own special havoc on plants, people, and wildlife. When a single battery’s lithium has ...

Chile is the world's second-largest lithium producer. It has been a welcome boon to the economy, but local community members ...