Biden Administration Approves Its First Lithium Mining Project

The Biden Administration has granted a final federal permit to a lithium-boron project in Nevada in the first such project approved by the Administration as part of its efforts to support America-produced lithium and reduce dependence on Chinese supply, the project developer said on Friday. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has issued the federal permit for the Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron Project, proposed by Australian firm Ioneer Ltd in Esmeralda County, Nevada. This is also the first lithium mine fully permitted to be built in more than 20…