EnergySource’s loan follows several other moves by the DOE to strengthen battery supply chains in the US. In January, the DOE closed a $996 million loan to Ioneer for a lithium mine in Nevada.

If you think Ioneer has had a hard time with us,” he continued — referring ... attendees were sitting within 10 miles of five proposed lithium mines, and he singled out the Rover project ...

Lithium prices are expected to ... can be swiftly scaled up at many closed mines if it proves profitable. Merriman said that potential US policy changes under the incoming Trump administration ...

In 1997, John Wightman found lithium in southwest Nova Scotia and saw the potential for a mine. But nearly 30 ... other critical minerals to the United States. He said China is the biggest player ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) claimed Thursday that the US government’s decision to permit Lithium Americas to mine at Thacker Pass in Nevada violated Indigenous people’s rights by failing to obtain free, ...

Europe is believed to possess significant yet unexploited lithium resources in Germany, Czechia, Serbia, Spain, Portugal and Austria. However, mining projects in these countries have faced ...