Lithium sits at the center of the battery economy. Yet getting it out of rock still looks surprisingly crude. Spodumene, the ...

Startup Rock Zero is commercializing the research, which could cut costs and carbon emissions from lithium production.

Demand for lithium has surged in recent years as lithium-ion batteries increasingly power more of our world. And yet, even as places like the U.S., Europe, and Australia have abundant lithium ...

According to the bureau, the environmental assessment evaluated a range of environmental considerations, including air quality, water resources, traffic, public services and biological resources. It ...

On a banana plantation in rural Australia, a second-generation farming family spreads crushed volcanic rock between rows of ripening fruit. Eight thousand kilometers away, two young men in central ...