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Towards Sustainable Lithium Batteries
Scientists at Edith Cowan University in Perth, Australia, have mapped a way forward towards sustainable…
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Chinese Lithium Ore Discovery Is Huge
Chinese news channel CGTN shared news about the massive lithium-ore deposit in Central Hunan Province…
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Urban Mining for Battery Minerals
Batteries seem to be everywhere nowadays, from drones to solar panels to electric vehicles. Battery…
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US Lithium Smackover Reserve Beats Estimate
Smackover is a geological formation in Arkansas, containing fossils from the Jurassic Period 175 million…
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Nationally Significant Lithium Extraction in UK
The UK Secretary of State for Housing, Communities, and Local Government has announced a ‘nationally…
Climate Change
Battery-Like Nodules Produce Oxygen in Ocean
Using organic materials to produce life-sustaining support systems is becoming increasingly important. Here we think…
Battery Technical
Recycling Battery Mining Tailings In Focus
Mining has historically been a one-size-fits-all type of operation, where the company follows strong seams…
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Acid-Free Lithium Recovery With Aluminum
Researchers at Oak Ridge Laboratory found a new, more efficient way to recover lithium metal…
Battery Technical
Environmental Impact of Lithium Mining
Lithium-ion batteries use lithium metal in their anodes to release electricity from their cells. This…
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Responsible Battery Material Mining in Africa
Africa is experiencing a mining boom of unprecedented scale, say researchers writing in Science Advances.…