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FILE PHOTO: The logo of battery recycler Li-Cycle Holdings Corp is displayed on their offices in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. June 30, 2022.  REUTERS/Ernest Scheyder/File Photo
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Washington seals $475 million loan for battery recycler Li-Cycle ahead of Trump’s arrival

The U.S. Energy Dept. approved a $475M loan to Li-Cycle for a NY battery plant, key to Biden’s domestic EV supply chain goals.

FILE - In this photo provided by the Center for Biological Diversity, Tiehm's buckwheat grows in the high desert in the Silver Peak Range of western Nevada about halfway between Reno and Las Vegas, June 1, 2019, where a lithium mine is planned. (Patrick Donnelly/Center for Biological Diversity via AP, File)
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Nevada lithium mine will crush rare plant habitat US said is critical to its survival, lawsuit says

A new lithium mine planned for Nevada will destroy a plant habitat that the US has said is critical for survival, a lawsuit...

FILE PHOTO: Tiehm's buckwheat plant is seen in this undated photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.   Courtesy of USFWS/Sarah Kulpa/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
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Environmentalists sue over US approval of ioneer’s Nevada lithium mine

Environmental and Indigenous groups sued to block the Rhyolite Ridge lithium mine, citing risks to Nevada's rare Tiehm’s buckwheat.

FILE - Tiehm's buckwheat grows in a greenhouse in Gardnerville, Nevada, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. The endangered desert wildflower stands in the way of a mining company's plans to dig for lithium to help speed production of batteries for electric cars and other green energy projects. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner, File)
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Nevada lithium mine wins final approval despite potential harm to endangered wildflower

Biden admin approves Nevada lithium mine, key to clean energy push, despite environmentalists' lawsuits over endangered wildflower.

FILE PHOTO: A bronze seal for the Department of the Treasury is shown at the U.S. Treasury building in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2023.  REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
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US Treasury allows miners to access clean energy manufacturing subsidy

The U.S. Treasury will now allow some mining firms to access a tax credit for clean energy components, after industry pushback.

FILE - This photo provided by the Center for Biological Diversity shows a Tiehm's buckwheat plant near the site of a proposed lithium mine in Nevada, May 22, 2020. (Patrick Donnelly/Center for Biological Diversity via AP, File)
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US agency review says Nevada lithium mine can co-exist with endangered flower

U.S. completes review of Nevada lithium mine, says project will supply critical EV minerals while protecting wildflower.

FILE PHOTO: Tiehm's buckwheat plant is seen in this undated photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.   Courtesy of USFWS/Sarah Kulpa/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
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Biden administration nears approval for ioneer’s Nevada lithium mine

The Biden administration moved closer to approving one of the largest U.S. lithium mines, vital for EV batteries, amid conservation concerns.

FILE PHOTO: Piedmont Lithium's headquarters is seen in Belmont, Gaston County, North Carolina, U.S., July 16, 2021. Picture taken July 16, 2021.   REUTERS/Ernest Scheyder/File Photo
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Piedmont Lithium pulls US government loan application as prices slump

Tumbling prices of the electric vehicle battery metal lithium force US miner Piedmont to conserve cash.

FILE PHOTO: A view of the MP Materials rare earth open-pit mine in Mountain Pass, California, U.S. January 30, 2020. Picture taken January 30, 2020. REUTERS/Steve Marcus/File Photo
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Wary of Trump, US minerals projects rush to close government loans

Battery and EV mineral firms hope to pay back collective $25bn in loans to US government amid fears Trump would shut down program.

Botanist Florencia Peredo Ovalle works in her greenhouse in Gardnerville, Nevada, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Ovalle, who works for mining company Ioneer, cares for specimens of Tiehm's buckwheat as part of an experiment aimed at helping to keep the extremely rare desert plant from going extinct while still allowing the company to dig for lithium on land where it grows. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)
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Green agendas clash in Nevada as company grows rare plant to help it survive effects of a mine

Ioneer says the mine it wants to dig in Nevada would more than quadruple U.S. production of lithium needed to speed production of...

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