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An MIT team discovered that a common household product can extract lithium from rocks at room temperature, potentially breaking the global mining monopoly. The breakthrough could make electric vehicle batteries cheaper while slashing pollution.
A Canadian company has cracked the code on making lithium mining dramatically cheaper and cleaner. The breakthrough could accelerate the shift to affordable electric vehicles while creating hundreds of jobs.
France is mining lithium on its own soil for the first time in decades, a major step toward energy independence. President Macron visited the Imerys facility that promises hundreds of new jobs and locally sourced materials for electric vehicle batteries.
Nigeria just approved six lithium mining licenses for an Australian company, marking the first ASX-listed firm to enter Africa's largest country's untapped lithium sector. The move could help Nigeria reduce its oil dependence while meeting global demand for electric vehicle batteries.
In Chile's Atacama Desert, innovative water management is helping lithium miners and farmers share scarce resources. New satellite technology and reuse practices are proving both industries can thrive together.
The UK just started receiving its first geothermal electricity from a pioneering Cornwall plant that also produces lithium for batteries. A worldwide surge in clean, always-on geothermal energy could soon power 15% of global electricity growth by 2050.