“I’d like to add it to my lithium tracker map.” The proposed mine, the company replied, would be in Pahrump, Nev., a town where Donnelly did his grocery shopping. But a month passed before a ...

The project is 900 km north of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil’s Lithium Valley. There, Companhia Brasileira de Lítio’s Cachoeira mine has operated for three decades. And Sigma Lithium (TSXV ...

KoBold Metals, the mining company backed by a coalition of billionaires including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, is expanding its search for lithium and nickel to Namibia.