M23 rebels' advance in mineral-rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo puts green minerals rush in the spotlight.

Chile’s Atacama salt flat, home to leading lithium producers ... further amid concerns that mining the white metal, which is found in brine pools beneath the desert floor, could sap scarce ...

where mining reforms collide with Indigenous rights, and in Chile’s Atacama Desert, where wildlife habitats are under threat. The environmental toll of lithium extraction cannot be overlooked.

Many years ago, I read an article about the new hotness: lithium batteries ... surface also play a part in the mining process. Brine ponds at the Salar de Atacama in Chile, as seen from space.

Paranal telescope operator Marcela Espinoza says it's essential for Chile to preserve 'the best skies in the world' so that other countries keep choosing the region to install their telescopes ...

The Atacama Desert, known as one of the driest places on Earth, presents a unique environment for studying hydrology and geology. Its extreme aridity and ancient geological formations have led to ...

Rare earths, which President Donald Trump hopes to secure from Ukraine as part of a deal for US aid, are strategic metals essential for industries developing computers, batteries, and cutting-edge ...

But our desert ... lithium are still extracted in mines in the south of the Atacama today, as is saltpetre, whose acid was once used to make gunpowder. A man who brings together the worlds of ...

Chile, the world's second-largest producer, is expected to see a modest 1.3% increase in production to 54.4 kilotonnes, primarily driven by SQM's Salar de Atacama ... on the lithium mining ...