A new study reveals that the chemistry of lithium-rich brines is significantly influenced by boron, rather than carbonate, ...

Salar de Uyuni likely contains the lion's share of the resource — 11.2 million tons (10.2 million metric tons), or about 38% of the world's known lithium supplies, according to a 2012 study ...

New research reveals that lithium-rich brines have a chemistry dominated by boron, fundamentally different from typical ...

Scientists from Duke University in the United States have found that lithium-rich brine solutions contain a high ...

Much of the world's lithium occurs in salty waters with fundamentally different chemistry than other naturally saline waters ...

Bolivia’s plans to emerge as a major lithium producer have hit an impasse after a local court ordered the suspension of two ...

Scientists have made a surprising discovery about the chemistry of lithium-rich salty waters, known as brines, found in some ...

These 30 photos showcase the most mind-blowingly gorgeous, almost unreal places our world has to offer. Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni, often referred to as nature's mirror, is the largest salt flat in the ...

But will its people benefit? While the indigenous Aymara population harvests and sells salt crusted on the surface of the Salar de Uyuni salt flat, the much more lucrative lithium is dissolved in ...

The world's largest known lithium deposit exists within a vast salt pan called the Salar de Uyuni, which stretches for thousands of square miles atop a high, dry Andean plateau in Bolivia.

Salar de Uyuni is the largest salt desert on Earth, stretching roughly 4,000 square miles (10,400 square kilometers) across the Andean plateau. Uyuni is famous for its gleaming expanses of salt ...