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This could make the US completely self-sufficient in lithium
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This could make the US completely self-sufficient in lithium
The Smackover Formation in southern Arkansas was once a major oil producer. Now, companies hope to extract lithium — a key metal for electric vehicle batteries — from its underground brines using technologies they say could reduce mining’s carbon emissions and water use.
A company's plan in southeast Utah to extract lithium is adding to an anxiety familiar in this part of the arid American West: how the project could affect water from the Colorado River.
A plan to extract lithium -- the lustrous, white metal used in electric-vehicle batteries -- in southeast Utah is adding to an anxiety familiar in the arid American West: how the project could affect water from the Colorado River.
A company’s plan in southeast Utah to extract lithium is adding to an anxiety familiar in this part of the arid American West: how the project could affect water from the Colorado River