Construction began this week on an open-pit mine at the largest lithium deposit in the United States, even as tribes and environmental groups continue a years-long effort to block the project ...

It's the latest development in a more than two year legal battle over a plan by the Canadian firm, Lithium Nevada, to build an open pit mine near Thacker Pass, along a remote stretch of sagebrush ...

RENO, Nevada (AP) — The Biden administration says it has completed a court-ordered review that should ensure construction continues at a Nevada lithium mine, despite legal challenges brought by ...

Conservationists are seeking an emergency court order to block construction of a Nevada lithium mine after a U.S. judge directed a federal agency to revisit part of its approval of the plans but al… ...

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A federal appeals court refused Wednesday to block construction of the largest lithium mine in the U.S. while it considers claims by Nevada conservationists and tribes that the ...

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Opponents of the nation’s largest lithium mine under construction want U.S. officials to investigate whether the project in Nevada already has caused a drop in groundwater l… ...

BLM environmental review gives go-ahead to proposed Rhyolite Ridge lithium mine in Nevada. ... Included in the plan is a 66 acre quarry — a deep open pit characteristic of mines and where ...

Located in Yerington, Nevada, Pumpkin Hollow spans 22,862 acres and consists of two primary assets: a large-scale, permitted, open-pit copper project and a fully constructed underground copper ...

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Conservationists are seeking an emergency court order to block construction of a Nevada lithium mine after a U.S. judge directed a federal agency to revisit part of its ...