After a fire at a Monterey County battery storage facility, scientists say high levels of heavy metals were found at a nearby ...

Time for another reminder of something Elon promised. Back in 2023, Tesla broke ground on a Texas lithium refinery. At the ...

The low-carbon transition needs batteries. And those need lithium. Fortunately, the metal is abundant, and science is getting ...

Researchers compared the environmental impacts of lithium-ion battery recycling to mining for new materials and found that recycling significantly outperforms mining in terms of greenhouse gas ...

Lithium batteries are in the news constantly. But lithium has plenty of other uses. It's a drug for bipolar disorder. It used ...

Achieving 95.7 % lithium recovery from NMC batteries, this research highlights effective recycling methods using carbothermal treatment and water leaching.

You might wonder why a regular fire extinguisher, the kind you might have in your home or workplace, can't handle lithium-ion battery fires. SafeQuip, a leading distributor of fire-related equipment, ...

When a massive fire erupted at one of the world's largest lithium-ion battery storage facilities in Monterey County, it ...

What authorities described as one of the largest lithium-ion battery cleanups ever is underway in Los Angeles County ...

As of Saturday, the flames subsided, and the smoke had not been seen coming from the building on Sunday. Water testing is ...