India, April 23 -- With rising global demand for Li-ion batteries comes a revolution in the way lithium is extracted from natural resources. Conventional extraction methods such as hard rock mining and brine evaporation are inefficient, difficult to scale, and damaging to the environment -- leading to the emergence of direct lithium extraction (DLE) as a selective method of production.

DLE includes a wide spectrum of technologies, each with its own development, performance, and challenges which will shape their adoption in the commercial market. IDTechEx's newly updated "Direct Lithium Extraction 2026-2036: Technologies, Players, Forecasts" report lends greater insight into each of these technologies, highlighting how DLE will drive the ...