Inside the race to remake lithium extraction for EV batteries

3D rendering group of electric cars with pack of battery cells module on platform in a row

The global battle to reshape the lithium industry is sucking in oil producers, tech startups and entrenched mining giants, each jockeying to be the first to reinvent how a metal key to the green energy transition is produced. A fleet of direct lithium extraction (DLE) technologies are on the verge of tapping salty brine deposits […]