A lithium gold rush is erupting beneath California's Salton Sea, where a $540 billion discovery could supercharge U.S.

in Saudi Arabia reported success in extracting lithium from Dead Sea brine using electrochemical cells. In pilot tests involving simulated brine with less than 0.1% lithium chloride, the ...

Before us, across the flat-calm Dead Sea, the sun rises over the mountains of Jordan. The heat on this spring morning is already intense. There are no trees or grass, just a few crumbling stone walls.

The Salton Sea has been swarmed by companies large and small looking for cost-effective ways to extract the lithium from the troubled lake. A study funded by the Department of Energy found the ...

Scientists have discovered an estimated US$540 billion worth of lithium beneath California’s Salton Sea, a finding that could reshape the global energy market and reduce US reliance on foreign ...