October 28, 2024--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Construction begins next year on what will be the first-ever operational lithium mine approved by the U.S. government as part of an effort to build a new industry catering to the energy transition, Ioneer Limited (Sydney, Australia) said.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) gave a permit for the company's Rhyolite Ridge lithium and boron project in Esmeralda County, Nevada.