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On the outskirts of El Dorado -- heart of Arkansas' 1920s oil boom -- a company backed by Koch Industries is looking to dramatically speed up extraction of a battery metal essential to weaning the world off fossil fuels, while proving naysayers wrong in the process.
On the outskirts of El Dorado -- heart of Arkansas' 1920s oil boom -- a company backed by Koch Industries is looking to dramatically speed up extraction of a battery metal essential to weaning the world off fossil fuels, while proving naysayers wrong in the process.
Direct lithium extraction promises to be cheaper, faster and greener than traditional lithium production.
Energy Monitor spoke to Lesley Muñoz Rivera, an Indigenous activist from Chile, who is defending her land against critical minerals mining.
On 20 April 2023, Chile’s President Gabriel Boric addressed the nation to announce the highly anticipated National Lithium Strategy. Boric announced the creation of a National Lithium Company (which must be enacted by Congress) and the establishment of public-private joint ventures, with a prominent role for the government. His speech began by referencing the nationalization of copper in the late 1960s and its completion in 1971 under President Salvador Allende. The new lithium strategy has to be understood as something more than merely an economic proposal. It is part of a larger and elus...