The Trump administration is looking to take some equity ownership of another large publicly traded company. The decision comes after the administration began re-evaluating a $2.3 billion loan approved by President Biden for the development of a Nevada lithium deposit. As Bloomberg reports, the record-high loan to Lithium Americas Corp., finalized in 2024, would have provided most of the capital for the construction of a processing plant adjacent to the company’s Thacker Pass mine, on one of country’s largest lithium deposits. However, the Energy Department’s review of the financing comes after Greg Beard, a senior ... (full story)