A federal court ruled mining claims don’t guarantee access to adjacent federal land that lacks valuable minerals.

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 ...

RENO — The museum inside the University of Nevada, Reno’s Mackay School of Mines is a living scrapbook of the mining industry that gave the Silver State its name. Three floors and rows of glass cases ...

FORT MCDERMITT — Learning the protocol for “unanticipated discoveries” is a mandatory part of visitor training for the site where Lithium Americas, a mining company originally from Canada, plans to ...

“This approval secures a reliable source of barite and provides high-paying jobs for the community,” said Bill Groffy, BLM’s acting director. The Bureau of Land Management continues to advance ...

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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 ...

A lithium mine in the Nevada high desert is seeking to expand operations on public land while also aiming for retroactive approval for facilities it constructed without permission. Albemarle Corp. is ...