Nevada is emerging as a major battleground to determine the fate of a century-and-a-half-old mining law as demand for valuable minerals in the U.S soars. Mining developers looking to extract minerals ...

This story was originally published in the 2024 edition of Discovery magazine, the College of Science's publication. This edition of Discovery celebrated the 20th anniversary of the College of Science ...

Nevada is home to more than 300,000 abandoned mines — mines that can kill you in an almost unimaginable number of ways. But those mines from Nevada’s olden days are attracting a modern-day problem for ...

With the nation’s second lithium mine starting construction this week, Nevada is moving toward creating a full-fledged lithium industry. What could become the nation’s largest lithium mine broke ...

Over the past few decades, the United States has imported most of its lithium from Chile and Argentina, but there’s one major domestic source of the mineral—Nevada. Clayton Valley, a remote basin in ...

The UFC Apex didn’t crown a new champion, but the octagon still witnessed a memorable main event in the two-day Elements of Change: Lithium & Strategic Minerals Forum in mid-September. No gloves, no ...

An Australian mining company’s lithium-boron mine in Nevada passed all environmental hurdles on Thursday, and an environmental group immediately notified the federal government that it plans to sue.