A proposed lithium-boron mine that’s sparked concern for a rare, endangered wildflower in Nevada is closer than ever to getting complete federal approval. The Bureau of Land Management released the project’s final environmental impact statement last week without much change from the draft — one that the company has touted as responsible and environmentalists have called an unacceptable threat

Elements in the soil of the Silver Peak range nurture a buckwheat that grows nowhere else in the world, but could also radically increase U.S. production of a mineral critical to the energy transition.

The Biden administration on Thursday published a key environmental report for ioneer's Rhyolite Ridge lithium mine in Nevada, the last step needed before approving what would become one of the largest U.

Federal land managers have completed a final environmental review of a proposed Nevada lithium mine they say would help supply minerals critical to electric vehicles and a clean energy future while still protecting an endangered wildflower.

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management released a final environmental impact statement today for a proposed Nevada lithium mine that would push Tiehm’s buckwheat to extinction despite the rare flower’s protection under the Endangered Species Act.

The Rhyolite Ridge mine could produce minerals to help power more than 50 million electric vehicles over its 26-year life, according to Ioneer.