Lithium sector needs $42 billion as pivot from China adds costs
The global lithium industry needs as much as $42 billion of investment by the end of the decade in order to meet demand for the crucial battery-making material, with attempts to build supply chains outside of China subject to much higher costs, according to a data and market-intelligence provider.
Proposed lithium mine in Nevada would damage ancestral lands, critics say
Boise State Public Radio News | By Chris Aadland Published April 15, 2022. This article is an extensive history of the opposing views regarding LAC's proposed Thacker Pass. It provides a balanced view of the opposing positions on the project and, in addition, shines a light on LAC's outreach proposals to the Native Americans
Federal judge rejects NV tribe’s attempt to join lithium mine suit Interior asks 9th Circuit to let mine proceed BY: JENIFFER SOLIS - MARCH 15, 2022
A Nevada federal judge on Friday rejected a legal effort by the Winnemucca Indian Colony to join a lawsuit attempting to stop a lithium mining project at Thacker Pass, a religiously and culturally significant area considered sacred to the tribe. Also last week, Department of Interior attorneys urged the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to reject tribal concerns and allow the mine developer to excavate as planned.
Great Basin College: Build NV Core Construction Training
Although offered by Great Basin College, this course provides skills that could be useful later for Thacker Pass employment: OSHA 10 Training and Basic Safety, Construction Math, Hand Tools, Power Tools, Construction Drawings, Communication Skills, Employability Skills, Material Handling
Thacker Pass Community Connections
Re: Fort McDermitt... "For more than 10 years now, we have been engaged in this community through open houses, public meetings, job creation, environmental preservation and philanthropy." "Working towards maintaining the area’s high quality of life while providing family-supporting jobs and combatting the global climate crisis."
Exclusive: Lithium Americas delays Nevada mine work after environmentalist lawsuit By Ernest Scheyder
(Reuters) - Lithium Americas Corp has delayed plans to excavate its Thacker Pass lithium mine site in Nevada, according to court filings, while a federal judge considers whether the former Trump administration erred in approving the project that opponents say could threaten sage grouse and other wildlife.
Moody’s flags significant ESG risks to mining with new ratings
Ratings agency Moody’s has released new environmental, social and governance (ESG) issuer profile and credit impact scores for the global metals and mining sector, which could negatively impact companies lagging behind
News Release: Digging Further Delayed at the Thacker Pass Lithium Mine Site
RENO, Nev. — Today the Bureau of Land Management and Lithium Nevada Corporation committed in a court-enforceable stipulation: “THEREFORE, the Parties agree and stipulate: 1. Neither Lithium Nevada nor Federal Defendants will conduct any ground disturbance activities in the Project area in connection with the Thacker Pass Project as challenged in Plaintiffs’ ......Complaint before July 29, 2021.” Previously, digging and excavation were expected to begin as soon as June 23rd.
Pipeline protesters seize Minnesota construction site in bid to stop $4 billion project
Environmental activists and Native American activists actions to stop a pipeline are described in this article. Hollywood elite add to the resistance effort. This article demonstrates very well just how far the activists are willing to go in order to stop construction when they have targeted any project. Will Thacker Pass see more of the same tactics?
Scientists develop ‘cheap and easy’ method to extract lithium from seawater
According to the researchers, the cell will probably need $5 of electricity to extract 1 kilogram of lithium from seawater. This means that the value of hydrogen and chlorine produced by the cell would end up offsetting the cost of power, and residual seawater could also be used in desalination plants to provide freshwater.
Preliminary Injunction Filed to Halt Thacker Pass Lithium Mine by Great Basin Resource Watch Saturday May 29
RENO, Nevada — Today ( Note: article date is 29 May, but filing was on 27 May) four conservation and public accountability groups filed for a preliminary injunction in the Federal District Court in Reno, asking the court to prohibit construction of the Thacker Pass lithium mine.
Tribal Members Aim To Stop Lithium Nevada Corporation From Digging Up Cultural Sites In Thacker Pass
According to a motion for preliminary injunction filed by four environmental organizations in the case Western Watersheds Project v. United States Department of the Interior, LNC intends to begin “mechanical trenching” operations at seven undisclosed sites within the project area, each up to “40 meters” long and “a few meters deep.”
Why electric cars will take over sooner than you think
BBC article, reprinted in Yahoo takes a look at the S curve for how innovations are initially facing an uphill battle for acceptance and then proceed into geometric growth on the second phase of the prolonged S curve. He gives examples of other innovations who have already gone through this growth curve dynamic and postulates that the same will happen with EVs