Armed groups in the Sahel are finding new ways to profit from the rapidly expanding lithium trade.
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Communities affected by mining project delays live in a state of suspended time for three years.
Zimbabwe has large lithium deposits but most is extracted by multinational companies and exported raw. The country doesn’t benefit from lithium battery sales.
Critical minerals are in demand around the world for military, technology and other uses. A geoscientist shares what’s known about Ukraine’s reserves, which could help the country recover from war.
The promised ‘white gold rush’ would extract lithium alongside geothermal power production. The mineral is used in EV batteries, but even this less-polluting mining raises local health concerns.
As the dust settles on the attempted coup in Bolivia, people are pointing the finger at the country’s president.
Africa hosts substantial reserves of critical minerals.
Lithium-ion batteries are holding back the full-scale decarbonization of Canada’s energy grid. Zinc-ion batteries may be the solution.
The Indonesian president’s visit to Australia could lead to closer co-operation on the energy transition, with Australia supplying lithium for Indonesia’s electric vehicle and battery production.
China is a major investor in Latin America’s renewable energy and critical minerals like lithium, but countries like Chile are also taking steps to secure their own clean energy future.
Lithium extraction in Bolivia poses more than environmental questions: It illustrates how notions about ‘raw materials’ can be at odds with Indigenous relations with the land.
What are the two sides seeking from Albanese’s visit, and what does it mean for Australia-India relations?
Proponents of mining in space often point to the potential benefits for Earth and its people. But this research casts doubt on many of them.
Like Australia, Chile is facing mounting environmental pressures, such as an escalating water crisis. If the constitution is approved in September it’ll deliver profound changes to the country.
Between reuse and recycling, what happens to the batteries of electric vehicles?
For the moment the find in Nigeria simply points to the potential for lithium resource. Full exploration will be necessary.
Europe imports the majority of its lithium, an essential material for the energy transition, yet is home to significant deposits.
Bolivia’s huge lithium reserves are isolated and hard to extract, and global uncertainty over electric vehicles is bad for business.
M. Stanley Whittingham was one of three scientists who won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work developing lithium-ion batteries – used to power mobile phones, laptops and electric cars.
More electric vehicles and renewable energy means more mining for resources. Unless industry adopts cleaner habits urgently, the environment faces more damage.
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Chair in Sustainable Global Resources, UCL
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PhD Candidate, University of California, Berkeley
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Research Principal, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, The University of Queensland
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Chercheur, BRGM
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Senior Lecturer in Critical and Green Technology Metals, University of Exeter
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Lecturer in Human Geography, Liverpool John Moores University
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Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, McMaster University
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Senior Lecturer in Anthropology, University of Melbourne, The University of Melbourne
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Researcher at BRGM and associated researcher at ISTO, BRGM
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Chercheur sur le stockage de l’énergie dans les transports, Université Gustave Eiffel
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PhD student, Adelaide University
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PhD Candidate, Chemical Engineering, McMaster University
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Associate Professor and Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, Kyoto University