INDIVIDUAL FACILITIES AND SELECTED SOURCES
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Thacker Pass

Lithium Americas

King Valley, NV, USA

-118.054580826835, 41.709706524278

The Big Green Machine Site ID: 222A

Additional Information:

Sector: Batteries

Activity: Extraction

Product: Lithium

Project Announcement Date: 2007

Target for Starting Production: 2027

Announced Post Inflation Reduction Act: No

Target Annual Production: 40000 tpa

Current Annual Production: 0 tpa

Operating Status: Under Construction

Target Jobs: 360

Capital Investment: $2930 million

Congressional District: Republican

Government Subsidies:

Federal:

Advanced Technology Manufacturing Loan: $2260 million

Selected Sources:

“The Battle for Thacker Pass”, Evan Malmgren, The Nation, 23 Sep 2021. 🔗

“GM and Lithium Americas invest in U.S. lithium EV battery production”, gm.com, 30 Jan 2023. 🔗

“9th Circuit denies emergency bid to halt Nevada lithium mine”, SCOTT SONNER, Yahoo Finance, 01 Mar 2023. 🔗

“Lithium Americas Provides a Thacker Pass Construction Plan Update”, lithiumamericas.com, No Date. 🔗

“Biden administration boosts EV supply chain with $2B lithium loan”, Kate Magill, Supply Chain Dive, 13 Mar 2024. 🔗

“Lithium Americas Announces $250 Million Strategic Investment from Orion Resource Partners for Thacker Pass”, lithiumamericas.com, No Date. 🔗

Tracked Expansions, Acquisitions, or Related Sites:

This site has 2 major expansion(s).

Those expansion(s) are tracked below: