The Latest Breaking News from lithium

The switch away from fossil fuels to renewable energy is going hand-in-hand with a massive expansion of mining for essential minerals.

Single-use e-cigarettes send tonnes of valuable lithium to landfill in the UK. Why not ban them, as Australia did, asks Guardian deputy audience editor Emma Snaith

Amid projections of a "bright" future for lithium, more and more companies are looking to expand their WA operations — including one of the world's biggest lithium companies, Albemarle, operating out of the state's South West.

Albemarle slashed its earnings outlook for 2023 to reflect a slump in lithium prices,

Auction of lithium reserves found in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi will be started by December, said Secretary of Ministry of Mines Vivek Bharadwaj.

Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. With Mariana Vieira, Rory Reid and Leaf Arbuthnot.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday suggested that China uses slave labor in the production of lithium as he discussed Canada's efforts to ramp up production of the critical metal used in electric vehicle and other batteries.

While Chile's plan to take control of its lithium industry has caused global shockwaves, state-led production of the metal used to make electric vehicle batteries is seen by analysts as likely years away given technical and political challenges.

Chilean President Gabriel Boric's pitch last week to enshrine greater state control over lithium is emerging as the latest test for the resource nationalism embraced by Latin America's ascendant left but which has proven tough to implement in practice.

As South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol heads to Washington for a visit, the Financial Times is reporting that the White House has asked Seoul to urge its chipmakers (Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix) not to fill the China shortfalls of US rival Micron in the event of a ban by…

Locals are outraged by a plan to cut down trees in a critical breeding area for the Carnaby's black cockatoo — a species on the brink of extinction due to land clearing.