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Nevada ghost town to spearhead America's new 'gold' rush as huge $3.4bn lithium mine gets greenlight
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Nevada ghost town to spearhead America's new 'gold' rush as huge $3.4bn lithium mine gets greenlight

Daily Mail  

A major $3.4 billion lithium mine has been approved in a Nevada town that was once a bustling gold mine hotspot. Construction of the mines in Rhyolite Ridge is expected to start next year and lithium production will begin in 2028 The US Department of Energy has approved a conditional loan of $700 million toward the Rhyolite Ridge Project that …

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US agency review says Nevada lithium mine can co-exist with endangered flower
3 months ago

US agency review says Nevada lithium mine can co-exist with endangered flower

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — U.S. land managers said Thursday they’ve completed a final environmental review of a proposed Nevada lithium mine that would supply minerals critical to electric vehicles and a clean energy future while still protecting an endangered wildflower. “Today’s issuance not only advances the Rhyolite Ridge project but brings the United States closer to a more secure and sustainable …

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Green agendas clash in Nevada as company grows rare plant to help it survive effects of a mine
5 months ago

Green agendas clash in Nevada as company grows rare plant to help it survive effects of a mine

Associated Press  

GARDNERVILLE, Nev. — A botanist gently strokes the pollen of endangered wildflowers with a paintbrush as she tries to reenact nature inside a small greenhouse in the shadow of the Sierra Nevada. But they’re fiercely fighting the mine because it would dig deeper than the length of a football field near the world’s only known patches of land where endangered …

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US advances review of Nevada lithium mine amid concerns over endangered wildflower
8 months ago

US advances review of Nevada lithium mine amid concerns over endangered wildflower

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — The Biden administration has taken a significant step in its expedited environmental review of what could become the third lithium mine in the U.S., amid anticipated legal challenges from conservationists over the threat they say it poses to an endangered Nevada wildflower. Officials for the bureau and its parent Interior Department trumpeted the news, saying the progress …

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Lithium miner cited for violating endangered flower habitat
1 year, 11 months ago

Lithium miner cited for violating endangered flower habitat

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Bureau of Land Management …

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Nevada lithium mine gets conditional $700M government loan
1 year, 11 months ago

Nevada lithium mine gets conditional $700M government loan

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — The U.S. Department of Energy announced a conditional loan of $700 million Friday to an Australian mining company to pursue a lithium project still facing environmental hurdles in Nevada as the U.S. seeks domestic supplies for a key component in electric vehicle batteries. Jigar Shah, director of DOE’s Loans Programs Office, said his office is “excited to …

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Nevada flower listed as endangered at lithium mine site
2 years ago

Nevada flower listed as endangered at lithium mine site

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — A Nevada wildflower was declared endangered at the only place it’s known to exist — on a high-desert ridge where a lithium mine is planned to help meet growing demand for electric car batteries, U.S. wildlife officials announced Wednesday. The Fish and Wildlife Service’s formal listing of Tiehm’s buckwheat and its accompanying designation of 910 acres of …

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Nevada flower listed as endangered at lithium mine site
2 years ago

Nevada flower listed as endangered at lithium mine site

The Independent  

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Toyota-Panasonic Battery JV to Buy Lithium From Ioneer's Nevada Mine
2 years, 4 months ago

Toyota-Panasonic Battery JV to Buy Lithium From Ioneer's Nevada Mine

News 18  

A joint battery venture of Toyota Motor Corp and Panasonic Corp will buy lithium from ioneer Ltd’s Rhyolite Ridge mining project and use the metal to build electric vehicle batteries in the United States. Under the terms of the deal, ioneer will supply 4,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate annually for five years to Prime Planet Energy & Solutions, which was …

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Toyota-Panasonic battery joint venture to buy lithium from ioneer’s Nevada mine for EVs
2 years, 4 months ago

Toyota-Panasonic battery joint venture to buy lithium from ioneer’s Nevada mine for EVs

The Hindu  

A joint battery venture of Toyota Motor Corp and Panasonic Corp will buy lithium from ioneer Ltd’s Rhyolite Ridge mining project and use the metal to build electric vehicle batteries in the United States. Under the terms of the deal, ioneer will supply 4,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate annually for five years to Prime Planet Energy & Solutions, which was …

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US backs rare flower habitat amid Nevada lithium mine fight
2 years, 10 months ago

US backs rare flower habitat amid Nevada lithium mine fight

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — The U.S. Ioneer said the proposed designation was “an anticipated development” that “has no material impacts on our planned mining activities.” The Australian-based company noted that mining is allowed within areas designated as critical habitat if approved by the Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bureau of Land Management. The Fish and Wildlife Service said in its …

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Endangered status proposed for Nevada flower at lithium mine
3 years, 2 months ago

Endangered status proposed for Nevada flower at lithium mine

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Federal wildlife officials proposed endangered …

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Endangered status proposed for Nevada flower at lithium mine
3 years, 2 months ago

Endangered status proposed for Nevada flower at lithium mine

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — Federal wildlife officials proposed endangered species protections Friday for a desert wildflower known to exist only on a remote Nevada ridge where an Australian company plans a lithium mine. Fish and Wildlife Service and the work it and the BLM are undertaking to safeguard Tiehm’s buckwheat,” Ioneer managing director Bernard Rowe said in a statement. “Ioneer reiterates …

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US fights new deadline for rare plant protections in Nevada
3 years, 7 months ago

US fights new deadline for rare plant protections in Nevada

The Independent  

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Old documents fuel latest bid to halt Nevada lithium mine
3 years, 8 months ago

Old documents fuel latest bid to halt Nevada lithium mine

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — Few people had ever heard of Tiehm’s buckwheat when conservationists filed a petition two years ago to list the desert wildflower as an endangered species. “BLM recognized that the habitat of Tiehm’s buckwheat needed to be protected 23 years ago,” said Naomi Fraga, the California Botanic Garden conservation director who filed the original federal listing petition in …

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