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Energy Department conditionally approves $2.26 billion loan for huge lithium mine in Nevada near Oregon border
President Joe Biden's administration has agreed to provide a $2.26 billion conditional loan for a huge lithium mine in Nevada.
US, Canada and indigenous groups announce proposal to address cross-border mining pollution
The U.S., Canada and several indigenous groups have agreed to address pollution from coal mining in British Columbia that officials say has been contaminating waterways on both sides of the border for many years.
BLM says environmental review can begin for proposal for Oregon’s first chemical process gold mine
Paramount Gold will soon begin preparing an environmental impact statement, which will open the company's mining proposal up to regulatory and public scrutiny.
Eastern Oregon gold mine proposal inches forward
Paramount Gold has submitted its operations plan to federal regulators and is closer to a permit decision from the state of Oregon, but still faces a long road to approval.
Company scraps lithium project in Oregon’s Alvord Desert
An Australian company staked a massive lithium claim on the desert playa only to later find the land is off limits to mining.
A new Oregon mining boom could be a bust for sage grouse
At least three companies have staked mining claims in some of the best remaining sage grouse habitat in Oregon.
What a national push for critical minerals could mean for Oregon
The company exploring an Oregon lithium deposit is encouraged by efforts to bolster the U.S. critical minerals supply chain, but a mining pitch is still years away.
Sen. Ron Wyden pitches bill to boost US production of lithium and other minerals
Oregon’s senior senator says the U.S. needs to source, refine and recycle more critical minerals like lithium domestically as the nation transitions off fossil fuels.
How Oregon landed a lithium bounty
A supervolcano, a massive eruption and a lost lake left Oregon with what could be the largest known lithium deposit in the United States.
Australian company begins drilling for lithium in Oregon
The project in southern Malheur County could eventually help supply a growing U.S. appetite for domestic lithium used to make batteries.