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2021/06/10Most lithium mining comes with an environmental cost, and a major new Nevada project has drawn lawsuits from environmental groups. But Grassley's claim goes too far in
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2019/05/16Today, 13.8 billion years later, lithium is set to play a crucial role in the transition away from our current reliance on fossil fuels, which are not only highly polluting but close to depletion. Lithium is the basic chemical element used in the batteries in our mobile phones, laptop computers and tablets, but also in the batteries powering
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Sep 15, 2021The World Bank estimates that the production of minerals such as lithium, graphite and cobalt would rise by almost 500% by 2050 Mining metals in a low-carbon world. The mining metals sector is gaining renewed global macro-economic prominence.
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2021/05/13Situated between the high peaks and low valley floors of northern Nevada is Thacker Pass, an expanse of land that is bordered from the north and south by the Montana and Double H mountain ranges. The pass is in traditional Paiute and Shoshone land and holds great ecological and cultural significance, yet a new proposal to build an open-pit lithium mine threatens to disturb the area.
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Sep 15, 2021The World Bank estimates that the production of minerals such as lithium, graphite and cobalt would rise by almost 500% by 2050 Mining metals in a low-carbon world. The mining metals sector is gaining renewed global macro-economic prominence.
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LITHIUM : Lithium is a chemical ingredient with the symbol Li and infinitesimal number 3. It is a squashy alkali metal with a shade of silver-white color. Under normal conditions, it
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2021/07/27The risk of investor backlash [against lithium mining] on environment and social issues is big. Anthony Szatow, independent energy consultant Lithium is mostly extracted from hard rock mines found in Australia or from brine deposits below dry lake beds, a process used mainly in the 'lithium triangle' spanning Argentina, Bolivia and Chile.
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2019/08/30Western Australia hosts five of the world's biggest lithium mines, whose combined reserves exceed 475.24 million tonnes (Mt). Mining Technology ranks the top ten biggest lithium mines in the world, based on proven and probable reserves. Sonora Lithium Project is the biggest lithium deposit in the world. Image courtesy of Dnn87.
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2021/06/14In the mining installations, which occupy more than 78 sq km (30 sq miles) and are operated by multinationals SQM and Albemarle, brine is pumped to the surface and arrayed in evaporation ponds resulting in a lithium-rich
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Sep 15, 2021SALTA, Argentina — In Argentina's remote northern Salta province, the silence of the desert landscape is broken only by the hum of machinery pumping salt-water brine to extract lithium, a sign of accelerating efforts to ride the global electric vehicle boom. Beneath the South American country's highland salt flats, reached
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White paper: Lithium mining in the High Puna of the Andes. The extraction of lithium has been expanding in recent years due to a growing demand in electric vehicles, which can help to decarbonise the world's energy needs. While lithium extraction may be promoted as good for the environment in supplying a "green" technology, there are
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Aug 05, 2021August 05, 2021 at 6:21 pm EDT By Ken Lemon, wsoctv. GASTON COUNTY, N.C. — Channel 9 has learned that Gaston County commissioners are considering stopping a proposed lithium mining operation.
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2021/07/20There's just one problem, though. There's not enough lithium supply for that to happen – at least not yet. (1) "Forecasts call for demand for the white metals to surge from about 320,000 tonnes annually last year to more than 1 (2)
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Sep 30, 2016Companies are making billions in lithium mining. But these indigenous people are being left out. Hunt for the mineral known as 'white gold' intensifies in the Andes, but those who live on the
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Jul 28, 2021Fundamentally, Chile's lithium problems can be understood geologically. The so-called white gold is typically found in saltwater brines, hidden under vast flats in the country's far north. To access the lithium, mining companies first extract the brine with pumps, then direct it to large pools.
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2020/12/18The curse of 'white oil' (lithium) : Electric vehicles' dirty secret. Savannah is just one of several mining companies with an eye on the rich lithium deposits of central and northern Portugal. The sudden excitement surrounding petrleo branco ("white oil") derives from an invention rarely seen in these parts: the electric car.
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Aug 21, 2020Most lithium is commercially produced from either the extraction of lithium-containing salts from underground brine reservoirs or the mining of lithium-containing rock, such as spodumene. Lithium production from clay sources is expected to become commercially viable, though perhaps not until 2022. Lithium is a metal commonly used in batteries
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Dec 29, 2019How a Rising Anti-Mining Movement Is Challenging Portugal's "White Gold" Rush. A worker operates a drilling rig at the Barroso mine near Boticas, northern Portugal, on September 3, 2018. The global transition to renewable energy and electric vehicles — technologies that are currently powered by lithium-ion batteries — is creating a
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Jul 26, 2021Lithium Mining Stocks Take Off—Why the Nevada Site Has Potential. Lithium is a key mineral at this point in history. Governments around the world aim to
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Sep 15, 2021The World Bank estimates that the production of minerals such as lithium, graphite and cobalt would rise by almost 500% by 2050 Mining metals in a low-carbon world. The mining metals sector is gaining renewed global macro-economic prominence.
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Mar 19, 2017Mining Firms Seek Argentina's 'White Gold,' But Local Approval Proves More Elusive. Argentina's lithium deposits are attracting international companies who want to mine in the mineral-rich Salinas Grandes salt plains. But 33 indigenous
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Feb 21, 2021Lithium, a silvery metal so lightweight it floats on water, has been dubbed "white gold. " The element is key to the future of the automobile industry, increasingly powered by powerful
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May 06, 2021Mining companies and related businesses want to accelerate domestic production of lithium and are pressing the administration and key lawmakers to insert
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Dec 19, 2016The silvery-white metal is essential for the lithium-ion batteries that power smartphones, laptops and electric vehicles, and the popularity of these products has prompted a land rush here
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May 05, 2016Prices of lithium feedstock have more than tripled since the beginning of 2015, as supplies fall short of demand because of the difficulty of mining it.
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Clayton Valley Lithium Project, Nevada location map. Cypress owns 100% of the Clayton Valley Lithium Project totalling 5,430 acres in southwest Nevada, USA. The Clayton Valley Project is located immediately east of Albemarle's Silver Peak mine, North America's only lithium brine operation, which has been in continuous operation since 1966.
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2021/08/10Another mining firm, British Lithium, has announced "staggeringly good results" from exploratory drilling at a nearby site in Cornwall's clay country. In 2020 the company won 500,000 in government backing to help develop hard
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Jun 15, 2021Most lithium mining comes with an environmental cost, and a major new Nevada project has drawn lawsuits from environmental groups. But Grassley's claim goes too far in saying the administration is ignoring the problems lithium extraction poses in its push for electric vehicles. White House, FY 2022 Budget of
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