The supply of lithium—the battery material that keeps digital devices humming, EVs racing and renewable energy on the grid—will not meet even half the expected demand by 2040.

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Momentum Technologies, a Texas-based critical materials company, has announced that it has achieved record purity levels in recovering rare earth elements (REEs). According to the company it recovered ...