The researchers from Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment have been examining the potential environmental and human health impacts of lithium mining both domestically and ...

Both technologies demonstrated that they apply to the characteristics of the two salt flats, with a lithium recovery rate of over 80%. A statement from the Bolivian subsidiary of the Russian firm ...

Bolivia's Vice Minister of Communication Gabriela ... which are beneficial for the state and involve a small portion of the nation's salt flats. Contracts with Russia's Uranium One Group and ...

As demand soars for powerful batteries, Bolivia dreams of striking it rich by tapping its huge lithium deposit. But will its people benefit? While the indigenous Aymara population harvests and ...

Bolivia is facing mounting public ... from the Andean region of Potosí — home to the Uyuni salt flat, one of the world’s largest lithium reserves — have voiced strong concerns.

Global demand for lithium is expected to increase by nearly 500% over the next few decades, as countries invest more in ...

Chile's total lithium resources are 28% greater than previously estimated, according to new studies of salt flats in the ...

An curved arrow pointing right. At a staggering 4,086 square miles, Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni is the biggest salt flat in the world. During the rainy season, it essentially turns into a giant mirror.

In Chile, where the lithium is found in the Atacama desert, engineers can dig down dozens of meters into the salt flats. But this is not possible at Bolivia’s Uyuni salt flat, the world’s ...

Bolivia is advancing lithium industrialization through DEL technology, which has recovery rates of 80% to 90%, and evaporation technology, which recovers 30% to 40% of resources from salt flats.