Hacker News with Generative AI: Lithium

Nigeria's lithium boom: many mines are illegal and children do much of the work (apnews.com)
Growing demand for the lithium used in batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage has created a new frontier for mining in Nigeria. But it’s led to exploitation of children who are often poor and take work in small, illegal mines to support themselves and their families.
Nigeria, Mining, Lithium, Child Labor, Environmental Issues
6 points by clumsysmurf 36 days ago | 0 comments
Battery Replacement Costs Are Poised to Plunge: 'Cheaper Than Fixing an Engine' (insideevs.com)
Climate research firms expect the prices of lithium, a key raw material in an EV battery, to plummet in the coming years.
Battery Technology, Electric Vehicles, Lithium, Cost, Climate Research
6 points by bilsbie 54 days ago | 0 comments
US approves lithium project in push to break China's grip on EV minerals (ft.com)
Lithium, China, Electric Vehicles, Minerals, Politics
5 points by JumpCrisscross 85 days ago | 0 comments
USGS uses machine learning to show large lithium potential in Arkansas (usgs.gov)
Using a combination of water testing and machine learning, a U.S. Geological Survey-led study estimated between 5 and 19 million tons of lithium reserves are located beneath southwestern Arkansas.
Machine Learning, Lithium, Geology, Arkansas, Mining
337 points by antidnan 88 days ago | 222 comments
Arkansas May Have Lithium Reserves (nytimes.com)
Researchers at the United States Geological Survey and the Arkansas government announced on Monday that they had found a trove of lithium, a critical raw material for electric vehicle batteries, in an underground brine reservoir in Arkansas.
Lithium, Mining, Electric Vehicles, Arkansas, Resources
7 points by CHB0403085482 88 days ago | 1 comments
The Life Of Lithium (noemamag.com)
Lithium, Batteries, Science, Technology, Environment
120 points by bertman 205 days ago | 37 comments
Some lithium could come from wastewater (pitt.edu)
Lithium, Wastewater, Environmental Science, Sustainability
82 points by geox 247 days ago | 20 comments