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Extracting lithium from lithium-rich clays first involves mining the clays themselves which results in lots of atmospheric pollution. There are several minerals within clay that contain lithium such as, lepidolite, hectorite, masutomilite, zinnwaldite, swinefordite, cookeite, and jadarite. [15]
Lithium mining at Salar del Hombre Muerto, Argentina. Lithium does not occur as the metal naturally since it is highly reactive, but is found combined in small amounts in rocks, soils, and bodies of water. [96] The extraction of lithium in rock form can be exposed to air, water, and soil. [97]
On February 25, 2022, the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) issued three permits for the Thacker Pass lithium mine. [111] Air Pollution Control Permit. [112] [113] Water Pollution Control Permit. [114] Mining Reclamation Permit. [115] [116] Lithium Americas stated that these were the final state-level permits necessary for the ...
Researchers at Duke University are conducting a water quality study in North Carolina lithium mining regions, which includes Cleveland, Gaston and Lincoln counties where lithium-rich rocks are ...
There are concerns that lithium producers are drawing too much lithium-rich brine, or saltwater, from pools beneath the Atacama, the world's driest desert. A water fight in Chile's Atacama raises ...
But here lithium would be separated from saline water using chemicals, which could be faster and less disruptive to the environment than the traditional drilling, blasting and excavating of mining.
In July 2024, a series of environmental protests began in Serbia against the Jadar mine, a European Union–backed and Serbian government-approved lithium mining project. The project was proposed by Anglo-Australian Rio Tinto to develop Europe's largest lithium mine in the West Serbian region of Jadar, causing significant backlash due to its potential environmental damage and exploitation of ...
The EPA began monitoring for hydrogen fluoride, a highly toxic gas produced by lithium-ion battery fires, and for particulate matter, according to the county’s timeline. ... air pollution ...