The Earth911 Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Guide
Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are found in many devices we use every day, like smartphones, laptops,…
Tag: lithium
Lithium-ion batteries could last longer with chemical tweak
Lithium-ion batteries could eventually last longerShutterstock/Bokeh Art Photo It may be possible to extend the…
Top Interior Department official has ties to Thacker Pass lithium mine
This story was originally published by High Country News and Public Domain, and is reproduced…
Britain ‘seeking a quarter of global lithium’
There is a serious lack of transparency around the political assumptions behind which sectors the…
Tweaked lithium-ion battery can be pierced without catching fire
Nail penetration tests on a commercial battery (top) and on one with a modified electrolyte…
U.S. government takes stake in Canadian lithium miner and its Nevada mining project
The U.S. Department of Energy has taken equity stakes in Canadian company Lithium Americas and…
Sun-powered device extracts lithium without wrecking the environment
Lithium-rich brine in an evaporation pond in the Atacama desert, ChileJohn Moore/Getty Images The mining…
Fusion power may never happen if we don’t fix the lithium bottleneck
The ITER project is an experimental fusion power reactorITER Nuclear fusion has the potential to…
Chile’s lithium boom promises jobs and money — but threatens a critical water source
This story is part of the Grist series Unearthed: The Mining Issue, which examines the…