Yet most of the world’s lithium is mined in Australia or extracted from large salt water lakes in South America and then processed in China ... of a domestic lithium mining and refining industry ...

China will step up efforts to support domestic exploration of lithium, cobalt, and nickel resources and bolster national resource security, under a draft plan released on Wednesday by the Ministry ...

The reports and Stefanik’s nomination coincide with the International Seabed Authority’s (ISA) ongoing work towards the final version of a Mining Code ... cobalt and lithium from clean energy ...

China is planning to send a crewed submersible to explore the polar seabed as part of its growing ambitions in the Arctic Ocean. The vessel has been designed to drop through a hole in the hull of ...

The US government has approved the construction of a massive new lithium mine on public land in Nevada as part of a strategy to break China’s dominance over the supply chain of critical minerals ...

US lithium production is set to spike with new projects advancing in Nevada and California. The expansion aims to reduce reliance on China for critical ... is encouraging US mining and ...

China is planning to send a crewed submersible to explore the polar seabed as part of its growing ambitions in the Arctic Ocean. The vessel has been designed to drop through a hole in the hull of the ...

Impact Link The US is on the cusp of a lithium boom after years of laying the groundwork for an electric-vehicle supply chain that doesn't rely on China ... encouraging US mining and manufacturing ...