This mineral consists of lithium aluminum inosilicate (LiAl(SiO3)2), which battery companies process to extract lithium. Interestingly, spodumene prices fell more than 80% between March 2023 and ...

Explain the role and relevance of critical minerals in the global energy transition. The energy transition is, at its core, a materials transition. Batteries, wind turbines, solar panels ...

Zelenskiy has repeatedly said he accepts the idea of signing a mutually-beneficial minerals deal with the United States, although he would not sign an agreement that would impoverish his country.

President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order intended to boost production of critical minerals in the United States and confirmed a deal to gain access to minerals in Ukraine was still on ...

University of Plymouth provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Ukraine’s minerals have become central to global geopolitics, with the US president, Donald Trump, seeking a deal with ...

Ukraine's minerals have become central to global geopolitics, with the US president, Donald Trump, seeking a deal with Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky to access them. But what are these ...

This story is part of the Grist series Unearthed: The Mining Issue, which examines the global race to extract critical minerals for the clean energy transition. In the decade since the world ...

This story is part of the Grist series Unearthed: The Mining Issue, which examines the global race to extract critical minerals for the clean energy transition. While “there’s a lot of room ...

US President Donald Trump has said he expects a minerals deal with Ukraine to be signed “very shortly”, without providing details. The US is reported to be seeking more favourable return on ...

U.S. President Donald Trump is making the race for critical minerals a key part of his agenda — and Canada’s rich reserves are a prime target for his ambitions. Dozens of minerals are being ...

They called it White Mountain and soon discovered it was a deposit of anorthosite, a salt-and-pepper color mineral used in paints, glass fibers, flame retardants and other industries. The same ...