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The social cost of lithium in Chile

Critics want the move to protect ecosystems and communities from unnecessary extraction

Salon

China protests Canada's possible expulsion of diplomat

Chinese Ambassador Cong Peiwu on Thursday denied a Beijing official targeted a Canadian lawmaker and his family for his anti-China stance and denounced Ottawa's statement that it was considering expelling a Chinese diplomat.

Reuters

Clean energy often has dirty ethics based on human rights abuses

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

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I tried to properly recycle a disposable vape. It did not go well

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

The Guardian - UK

Albemarle set to double production of lithium hydroxide at Kemerton refinery in WA's South West

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.

ABC News

India to auction lithium reserves found in Jammu and Kashmir by December: Mines secretary

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

The Hindu

The Week Unwrapped: Argentinian lithium, airborne rights and cats

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.

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Canada's Trudeau suggests China uses slave labor in lithium production

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.

Reuters

Chile's lithium takeover plan faces technical, political challenges

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.

Reuters

Chile's state lithium push emerges as test for Latam resource nationalism

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.

Reuters

Memory chips dominate South Korean president's visit to US

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…

France 24

Cocanarup Conservation Alliance fears lithium exploration will put Carnaby's cockatoos at risk

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.

ABC News

Chile's plan for state control in lithium dismays business

The Chilean government’s newly announced plan to have the state take a majority stake in the lithium industry has disconcerted business leaders

The Independent UK

Chile turns to nationalization to safeguard its lithium supply amid the EV revolution

The lithium-producing countries are scrambling to seize control of lithium mining amid the electric car boom.

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Raw materials, or sacred beings? Lithium extraction puts two worldviews into tension

Located in the heart of South America, Bolivia contains the largest lithium deposits in the world – an enviable position, in many countries’ eyes, as the market for electric vehicles takes off. Though EVs emit fewer greenhouse gases than fuel-powered vehicles, their batteries require more minerals – especially lithium, which…

The Independent UK

Chile leader to require state share in lithium extraction

Chilean President Gabriel Boric has announced a plan to require private companies take Chile’s government on as a partner in the extration of lithium, which is in high demand around the world for use in electric batteries

Reuters

Chile plans to nationalize its vast lithium industry

Chile's President Gabriel Boric said on Thursday he would nationalize the country's lithium industry, the world's second largest producer of the metal essential in electric vehicle batteries, to boost its economy and protect its environment.

Birmingham Post

Tees Valley Lithium meets UK Minister in Australia ahead of plans for trans-continental supply chain

The firm is setting up lithium sulphate and lithium hydroxide refineries in Western Australia and on Teesside respectively

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Bondi man faces court after foreign interference charge

A man charged over alleged foreign interference is due to face a court in Sydney accused of giving information to spies purporting to be from a think tank.

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3 Lithium Stocks to Sell Now

The lithium industry witnesses high demand being a crucial component in the batteries, including those of electric vehicles (EV). However, its dependence on global collaboration has caused companies to struggle with geopolitical tensions and supply chain disruptions. Therefore, investors could benefit from selling fundamentally weak stocks Sigma Lithium (SGML), Lithium…

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Judge affirms stricter interpretation of federal mining law

Another judge has adopted a U.S. appellate court’s stricter interpretation of a century-and-a-half-old mining law in a new ruling that blocks a metals mine in Nevada

Daily Record

Hero schoolgirl saves baby from horror fire after hoverboard explodes

Amirah, 12, jumped into action when the lithium battery in her hoverboard suddenly exploded in the early hours of Monday.

Wales Online

New warning over e-scooters and e-bikes after house fires

It comes months after a woman died in a fire that was started due to an e-bike

Tribune News Service

GM leads $50 million funding round in EnergyX lithium startup

Energy Exploration Technologies Inc. and General Motors Co. on Tuesday said the automaker's investment arm GM Ventures is leading a $50 million Series B financing round for the lithium startup.

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