An American Airlines flight made an emergency landing on Saturday when a passenger’s device caught fire after takeoff, marking the latest in a string of alarming incidents involving lithium ...

Lithium ion (LI) batteries power everything from e-bikes and scooters to electric cars and buses. They have revolutionized personal transportation and could be key to decarbonizing the electric grid.

A fire in Aurora on Thursday was yet another in less than a week that had firefighters working to try to extinguish lithium battery fires. A townhome on Aurora's South Ensenada Street had heavy damage ...

Electrification of transportation and the power grid all but require lithium to make batteries—but mining it takes a toll on ...