Pushing aside legal roadblocks, workers have begun construction work on what is being called America's largest lithium mine, a project backed by the Biden administration but opposed by leftist environmentalist groups and some Native Americans.
Even as global demand has soared given lithium’s key role in battery technology for electric cars and other uses, opponents of the northern Nevada mine have waged a fierce legal battle aimed at blocking the project for more than 10 years. U.S. auto giant General Motors in January agreed to invest $650 million in the mine that, when completed, is projected to provide batteries for a million electric vehicles per year.
Major construction at the site will begin later this year in the late summer or early fall. The first phase will take about 30 months to complete and will involve around 1,000 workers. For the mine opponents, the circuit court ruling was a setback. But the ruling has not diminished what appears to be a campaign of legal warfare – the use of the courts for political ends – to stop the mine.
The tribes also have claimed the area around the mine — though not the mine itself — was the site of an ancient inter-tribal massacre and a massacre of 50 Paiutes by federal troops in 1865. Declaring the land a national heritage site would preclude any mining. In its filing, Lithium Nevada’s lawyers said Thacker Pass will be the cornerstone for lithium used in car batteries. Lithium is “a critical mineral, according to President Biden and the Department of Interior, and will further the national interest in tackling the climate crisis.”
The Nevada mine also drew fire last year from Sen. Tom Cotton, Arkansas Republican. He questioned the Energy Department’s support for Lithium Americas, citing reports the company’s largest shareholder is Ganfeng Lithium, the Jiangxi, China-based company that is the third largest global processor of lithium, which may have links to the Beijing government.
But Lithium Nevada’s Mr. Crowley said Thacker Pass was analyzed, designed and permitted through a decades-long process upheld by the courts.
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