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Trump Focuses on Critical Minerals, Eyes New Source for Extraction
- Last Friday, the Trump administration initiated efforts to pinpoint domestic mineral projects to speed up mining developments in northern Minnesota.
- This action follows an executive order linked to a "national emergency declaration" from January 20 to fast-track mineral extraction for national security.
- NewRange Copper Nickel, jointly owned by Glencore and Teck Resources, owns the NorthMet copper-nickel mine, which is on a federally prioritized list of twenty projects.
- The NorthMet site spans 4,300 acres, including wetland areas located in the drainage basin of the St. Louis River, and in 2023, federal authorities withdrew its wetlands permit due to violations of the Clean Water Act.
- The move could boost local jobs and reduce foreign mineral reliance but faces opposition from environmental groups and tribal nations concerned about ecological and health impacts.
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