"Lithium Innovation Summit" will be held in Little Rock
Lithium production in South Arkansas will be the focus of a two-day conference next week in Little Rock.
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Lithium production in South Arkansas will be the focus of a two-day conference next week in Little Rock.
Traditional oil, gas and wastewater players join chemical manufacturers and North American lithium pure-play companies to lift production of the critical material.
Two major energy companies are about to step on the accelerator toward a new future, and the fuel under the hood is from right here in Arkansas.
Exxon Mobil is drilling about 10,000 ft deep in the Smackover Formation to tap into the lithium market, eyeing first production in 2027.
Commercializing lithium should be natural for the Natural State, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said last week as Exxon Mobil Corp. announced the start of major brine operations in south Arkansas.