Nevada’s lithium boom continued to ramp up this week, with one Nye County mine declaring that exploratory drilling would begin within the month.

The only lithium mine operating in the United States is in Nevada. But there are plans to open more to meet the demand for ...

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Silver Peak, the only U.S. lithium mine currently in production, got federal approval to expand, according to a Friday news release. The mine, about 215 miles northwest of Las Vegas ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. RENO, Nev. (AP) — Conservationists and an ...

An "Access Restricted" sign is displayed at the Lithium Nevada Corp. mine site at Thacker Pass, April 24, 2023, near Orovada, Nev. (Rick Bowmer/AP) Lithium is essential for the green economy, a key ...