Elements in the soil of the Silver Peak range nurture a buckwheat that grows nowhere else in the world, but could also radically increase U.S. production of a mineral critical to the energy transition.

The Biden administration on Thursday published a key environmental report for ioneer's Rhyolite Ridge lithium mine in Nevada, the last step needed before approving what would become one of the largest U.

The Rhyolite Ridge mine could produce minerals to help power more than 50 million electric vehicles over its 26-year life, according to Ioneer.