Chile's lithium dreams raise water concerns in the desert

The desert holds the main deposits of the mineral in Chile, which is part of Latin America's "lithiu...

Argentine lithium a boon for some, doom for others

Unlike in Australia -- which extracts the metal from rock -- in South America it is derived from sal...

Lithium mining is slowly sinking Chile's Atacama salt flat, shows study

The metal, essential in electric vehicles, batteries and the energy transition, is obtained by evapo...