The U.S. cannot continue to rely on China for the metal, which helps power green technology, a Colby College student writes.

According to a press release, On Saturday night a 5-inch firework shell and mortar tube failed during a fireworks show at ...

NEWRY, Maine — A couple hoping to excavate what may be the world’s richest lithium deposit on their property in Newry has taken their case to Superior Court in an effort to clarify what is ...

The couple that owns a lithium deposit in Newry potentially worth more than a billion dollars is urging the Legislature to act quickly to “clarify” state mining laws so they can mine the find ...

Now, the Freemans want to expand this pit, near the town of Newry, Maine, so they can mine spodumene, crystals that contain the lithium the U.S. needs for the clean energy transition.

New rules recommended by the Board of Environmental Protection would allow the testing needed to build an open-pit mine over a large lithium-rich deposit at Plumbago Mountain in Newry.

Environment Why a Maine couple is fighting to mine a $1.5 billion lithium deposit Lithium is highly prized for its use in batteries. The massive deposit in Newry was initially discovered in 2021.