Diversified mining company Rio Tinto has approved a $2.5-billion investment to expand the Rincon project, in Argentina – the company's first commercial scale lithium operation – demonstrating its ...
Juliet Samaniya, a 6-year-old, works in dangerous conditions mining lithium in Nigeria. With child labor prevalent, the demand for lithium contributes to unsafe and illegal mining practices. Despite ...
As the demand for lithium-ion batteries escalates with the proliferation of mobile phone, electric vehicles and even pacemakers, key components in these powerhouses, like cobalt, face significant ...