Globally, lithium carbonate is produced from either lower-cost evaporation of brine or higher-cost mining of spodumene minerals. Albemarle has a cost advantage in lithium carbonate production due to ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission uncovered a cosmic connection between asteroid Bennu and Earth’s Searles Lake. Both contain minerals formed by evaporating salty water, hinting that Bennu’s parent body once ...

As an essential mineral for life, salt has held immense value for millennia. But in today's modern economy, salt prices can ...

Arizona Gold and Silver Inc. continues the hunt for large, high-grade targets at its projects in the US state ...

The only remaining Israeli resorts are on the man-made evaporation ponds south of the surviving Dead Sea itself. Recently, 22-year-old Yael and her friend Noa were looking for a place to dip their ...

AND THE GAME COMMISSION IS TESTING THEM FOR SIGNS OF BIRD FLU. I AM SURPRISED, BUT YOU KNOW, IT IS A POND AND THERE’S A LOT OF GEESE. FOR THE TIME BEING, THE CAMPUS POND, WHICH IS FROZEN OVER ...

Extracting lithium resources can be time consuming, energy intensive and damaging to the environment, tarnishing the ‘green image’ of electrification technologies (electric vehicles and grid-scale ...

Detailed mapping collaborations and explorations carried out over more than a century have uncovered evidence of important mineral resources in Greenland – including rare earth elements and ...

Garden ponds are small yet significant water features that are increasingly common in urban areas. They offer numerous ecosystem services, like aesthetic purposes, microclimate regulation ...

The discoveries came amid China’s latest mineral-exploration undertakings funded by the central government, focusing on 24 existing large-scale gold resource bases while utilising advanced ...

One such breakthrough has been the introduction of solar drying covers--transparent sheets that shield ponds from sudden downpours while concentrating heat to speed up evaporation. "Before ...

Trump’s repeated intention to gain control over Greenland has cast new light on the Arctic territory. We look at its mineral potential, mining industry and how renewed attention could be used to ...