Codelco and Quiborax announced the creation of the company Minera Ascotán SpA to advance in obtaining the Special Lithium ...

It is not lost on local communities that the global South is being asked to bear the environmental cost of making batteries for electric cars so that wealthy countries can decarbonize.

At Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni salt flat, brine pumping for battery supply concentrates arsenic; researchers warn effects ripple ...

Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz faces multiple roadblocks as he fights to change the country’s protectionist stance on lithium ...

Chile’s state miner Codelco and the Chilean acid producer Quiborax have created a joint venture to secure a special lithium ...

SQM said its merger with the lithium unit of Chile's state-owned Codelco is fully complete after the country's Supreme Court rejected an appeal that had been holding up the transaction.

California holds vast stores of lithium. But mining projects stir debate over environmental costs and economic benefits.

As demand — and competition — for critical minerals used in clean technologies heats up around the world, mining startups are ...

On this episode of Terra Verde, host Hannah Wilton speaks with political scientist and author Thea Riofrancos about the hidden costs and contested promises of the green energy boom. In her new book, ...

Bolivia will honor lithium agreements concluded by the previous government with Russia and China, provided the integrity and transparency of those deals are confirmed, President Rodrigo Paz said.

A UN official emphasizes the importance of proper screening and monitoring of retired EV batteries to extend their life, ...