A senior Interior Department leader didn't disclose a potential ethics violation.

The House Committee on Natural Resources and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations ranking members are focused on the ...

Falen, a top Interior Department official, didn’t disclose a contract between her husband and the developers of a mine ...

A Nevada lithium project central to US efforts to secure domestic mineral supply is leaning on a half-century-old satellite program for modern answers. The US Geological Survey’s (USGS) Landsat ...

The lithium industry has been hammered by falling prices in recent years due to softer demand and an oversupply of the battery metal globally, which has made mining the metal in the U.S. less ...

Inside the McDermitt Caldera, a 16‑million‑year‑old volcanic crater straddling the Oregon–Nevada border, geologists have ...

The newest mining project has been called Nevada’s ticket to monopolizing the green energy transition because of the need for lithium batteries. But alongside the mineral that prospectors seek, they ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The sun sets over a protest camp at the site of a proposed lithium mine at Thacker Pass, Nev., on Thursday, April 1, 2021. | ...

We look at how our state’s mining industry is playing a role in national security. Nevada is home to several critical minerals including lithium and copper. We look at how our state’s mining industry ...