Duke University researchers reveal boron controls pH in lithium-rich brines, offering insights to improve lithium extraction.

Scientists have made a surprising discovery about the chemistry of lithium-rich salty waters, known as brines, found in some ...

In the spectacular multicolored mountains of the lower Andes, el agua es vida — water is life. During Carnaval, women poured ...

After decades understanding pH controls boron speciation in seawater and other saline waters it turns out the opposite is ...

The global race for critical raw materials can provoke foreign interference and endanger the countries and communities that ...

India aims to secure a stable supply of lithium and copper from Chile through an expanded trade agreement to support its ...

Dublin, April 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Bolivia Construction ... to construct two lithium carbonate plants in the Uyuni salt flats, with a combined annual production capacity of 35,000mt ...

In Chile, where the lithium is found in the Atacama desert, engineers can dig down dozens of meters into the salt flats. But this is not possible at Bolivia’s Uyuni salt flat, the world’s ...

SALAR DE UYUNI - On Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni, a vast white salt ... flats. Among the key hurdles are technological challenges, simmering citizen resistance, a nonexistent legal framework for ...

Lithium extraction poses environmental risks, particularly to water security in the arid region where the Uyuni Salt Flats are located. Bolivia is making a play to become a major global lithium ...