(The Center Square) - Amidst widespread speculation and local pushback, northern Nevada has taken another step toward realizing its lithium potential with an estimated $87 billion Elko County mine.

The $1.5 trillion worth deposit could offset worldwide lithium needs predicted to rise to one million tons annually by 2040.

Climate change is forcing a worldwide shift away from coal, oil, and gas. Solar farms stretch across plains. Wind turbines ...

Scientists reckon that the McDermitt Caldera might hold the largest deposit of lithium ever found. Situated on the Nevada – ...

A proposed lithium-boron mine in Nevada has been delayed for a second time amid a lithium price crash caused by softer electric vehicle demand and an oversupply of the battery metal globally. Earlier ...

A remote stretch of land straddling the Nevada–Oregon border may be far more significant than it appears. According to new geological research, the McDermitt caldera—an expansive ancient volcanic ...

Construction started at Thacker Pass in 2023. (Photo: Lithium Americas Presentation, June) Cattle rancher Edward Bartell waited patiently to take pictures of Lithium Nevada pumping water from a well ...

A Nevada lithium project central to US efforts to secure domestic mineral supply is leaning on a half-century-old satellite program for modern answers. The US Geological Survey’s (USGS) Landsat ...

The developer of what could be the world’s largest lithium mine and a private landowner have reached a settlement following a flurry of lawsuits and appeals over water rights the company says are ...