RENO, Nev. (AP) - Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg Hauv Tebchaws Meskas tau tshaj tawm cov nyiaj qiv nyiaj ntawm $ 700 lab rau hnub Friday rau lub tuam txhab Australian mining kom nrhiav txoj haujlwm lithium tseem tab tom ntsib teeb meem ib puag ncig hauv Nevada raws li Tebchaws Asmeskas nrhiav cov khoom siv hauv tsev rau cov khoom tseem ceeb hauv cov roj teeb tsheb hluav taws xob.
Qhov kev txav mus los ntawm qhov uas twb muaj kev sib ntaus sib tua siab tshaj Thawj Tswj Hwm Joe Biden cov txheej txheem lub zog thiab cov neeg saib xyuas kev sib ntaus sib tua los tiv thaiv cov paj ntoo uas muaj kev puas tsuaj pom tsuas yog nyob rau ntawm qhov kev thov kuv qhov chaw ntawm lub suab puam siab ib nrab ntawm Reno thiab Las Vegas.
Ioneer Ltd. tau vam tias yuav pib mining ntawm Rhyolite Ridge los ntawm 2026 hauv Esmerelda County. Daim ntawv tshaj tawm Lub Zog hais tias lub xaib tuaj yeem tsim cov lithium txaus los txhawb kev tsim tawm txog 370,000 lub tsheb hluav taws xob txhua xyoo rau ntau xyoo.
Cov nyiaj qiv yuav yog qhov tshiab tshaj plaws los qhia txog Biden cov thawj coj kev cog lus los txhawb lub teb chaws cov roj teeb khoom siv hluav taws xob, ua hluav taws xob rau kev thauj mus los thiab txiav kev cia siab rau fossil fuels thiab cov khoom siv txawv teb chaws ntawm cov khoom siv raw, Department of Energy tau hais.
Jigar Shah, tus thawj coj ntawm DOE's Loans Programs Office, tau hais tias nws lub chaw haujlwm "zoo siab los tsim kom muaj lub luag haujlwm ib puag ncig Asmeskas cov saw hlau rau cov ntaub ntawv tseem ceeb."
Nws tau hais tias "Rhyolite Ridge yog ib kauj ruam tseem ceeb ntawm kev txhawb nqa kev tsim cov lithium hauv tsev rau cov thev naus laus zis huv huv," nws hais.
James Calaway, tus thawj coj ntawm Ioneer, tau hais tias qhov kev cog lus raws li txoj cai "tshwj xeeb rau txoj haujlwm txoj haujlwm tseem ceeb hauv kev ntxiv dag zog rau lub teb chaws cov khoom siv pob zeb tseem ceeb hauv kev muab kev nyab xeeb, muaj kev ruaj ntseg thiab txhim khu kev qha hauv tsev ntawm lithium rau kev loj hlob ntawm lub tsheb ecosystem." Bernard Rowe, Ioneer tus thawj tswj hwm, tau hais tias nws tuaj tom qab 23 lub hlis "kev sib tham thiab kev mob siab rau" los ntawm Zog thiab "sawv cev rau qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws" rau txoj haujlwm.
Tab sis qhov project tseem ntsib teeb meem kev cai lij choj thiab kev tswj hwm tseem ceeb hauv kev tsim cov phiaj xwm kev lag luam mining uas yuav muab kev tiv thaiv txaus rau endangered Nevada wildflower, Tiehm's buckwheat.
Lub US Fish thiab Wildlife Service tau hais hauv kev tshaj tawm tias nws muaj kev phom sij rau xyoo tas los tias nws nyob rau ntawm qhov kawg ntawm kev ploj tuag thiab txoj haujlwm mining ua rau muaj kev hem thawj loj tshaj plaws rau nws txoj sia nyob.
Cov kws saib xyuas kev txuag tau foob yav dhau los los tiv thaiv 6-nti-siab cog nrog cov paj daj thiab tau cog lus rau hnub Friday kom ua li ntawd dua yog tias tsim nyog.
"Qhov no zoo li yog kev siv dag zog ncaj ncees los ntawm Biden cov thawj coj los tsim kev nom kev tswv thiab kev lag luam rau txoj haujlwm hauv kev sib zog ua kom US Fish and Wildlife Service thiab Endangered Species Act," said Patrick Donnelly, Great Basin tus thawj coj rau Center for Biological Diversity.
"Ioneer yuav tsum tau kho kom zoo dua qhov tsim ntawm lub mine no yog tias lawv xav tias yuav dhau los ntawm kev tso cai," nws hais hauv email rau Lub Koom Haum Xov Xwm. "Peb tau foob lossis pib foob rau Tiehm's buckwheat plaub zaug lawm, thiab peb yuav tsis thim rov qab kom txog thaum txhua txhua buckwheat tau txais kev cawmdim."
Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Hluav Taws Xob tau tshaj tawm hais tias txoj haujlwm Ioneer tab tom ua haujlwm kom txo qis kev cuam tshuam rau cov nroj tsuag. Nws tau hais tias qhov nyiaj qiv yuav muaj feem cuam tshuam txog kev ua tiav ntawm cov lus hais txog kev cuam tshuam ib puag ncig raws li National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
Biden cov thawj coj tau ua ib txoj kev npaj rau ib nrab lab them chaw nres tsheb rau hluav taws xob tsheb uas yog kos npe rau ntawm nws cov hom phiaj infrastructure. Qhov kev siv zog ntawd, thiab kev loj hlob ntawm cov tuam txhab tsheb fais fab xws li Tesla, yuav xav tau ntau npaum lithium los ua roj teeb.
Txawm hais tias lithium reserves tau muab faib thoob plaws ntiaj teb, Tebchaws Asmeskas yog lub tsev rau ib lub lithium mine, hauv Nevada. Kev thov thoob ntiaj teb rau lithium yog kwv yees li 350,000 tons (317,517 metric tons) hauv 2020, tab sis kev lag luam kwv yees qhov project xav tau yuav nce mus txog rau lub sijhawm ntau dua los ntawm 2030.
Shah hais tias tej yaam num loj zoo li no mus rau pem hauv ntej ib kauj ruam.
Shah tau hais rau hnub Friday hauv kev sib tham hauv xov tooj nrog AP tias "Peb tau hais meej tias tsis tau ua ib qho peev rau txoj haujlwm tseem ceeb," “Lawv tseem yuav tsum tau ua raws li cov xwm txheej. Tab sis los ntawm kev ua qhov no, nws ua rau lawv cov neeg ua lag luam muaj txiaj ntsig qee qhov kev nplij siab uas lawv yuav tsum tau nqis peev ntxiv hauv qhov project. "
Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., yog cov uas txhawb nqa qhov project.
"Kuv zoo siab rau Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Hluav Taws Xob rau kev muab cov nyiaj qiv no los pab txhawb kev khawb thiab kev ua haujlwm ntawm Nevada cov zaub mov tseem ceeb, pab txo qis cov pa roj carbon monoxide emissions, thiab pab txhawb kev tsim cov haujlwm hauv peb lub xeev," nws hais hauv nqe lus.
Lithium yog qhov tseem ceeb rau cov roj teeb thev naus laus zis uas muaj ntau tshaj plaws hauv tsheb hluav taws xob thiab roj teeb hluav taws xob cia. Tab sis ntau tus engineers ua hauj lwm rau lwm yam roj teeb chemistry vim lithium koom nrog cov pob zeb mining, uas txhais tau tias muaj kev cuam tshuam loj rau ib puag ncig.
Ioneer yog lub tuam txhab lithium tsom rau hauv New South Wales, Australia thiab Reno.
Lwm qhov tshiab lithium mining project hauv kev txhim kho hauv Asmeskas yog npaj rau Thacker Pass los ntawm Lithium Americas ze ntawm Oregon kab. Qhov ntawd sab qaum teb Nevada kuv yuav ua rau ntau lab tons ntawm lithium muaj, tab sis nws kuj ntsib teeb meem kev cai lij choj. Cov haiv neeg Amelikas tau sib cav tias nws nyob hauv thaj av dawb huv nyob ze qhov chaw uas lawv cov poj koob yawm txwv raug tua nyob rau xyoo 1865.
Tau qhov twg los: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nevada-lithium-mine-gets-700m-170217549.html