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Wyoming’s first new coal mine in decades to extract rare earths
RANCHESTER, WYOMING, JUL 11 – The Brook Mine can supply nearly 30% of U.S. Defense Department magnetic needs and aims to reduce reliance on China, which controls 90% of global rare earths, officials said.
- On July 22, 2025, Ramaco Resources, Inc. officially opened Wyoming’s first coal mining operation established in half a century at the Brook Mine near Ranchester.
- The Brook Mine project, stalled partly by landowner groundwater worries, has taken over a decade to develop and recently secured a $6.1 million Wyoming grant for a rare earth processing plant.
- Ramaco plans to extract coal containing rare earth elements like neodymium and terbium, which are critical for energy, technology, and military uses, aiming to reduce U.S. reliance on China’s 90 percent supply dominance.
- Energy Secretary Chris Wright said rare earths are in nearly all energy systems and emphasized that mining these elements will break dependence on China while costing about $500 million to fully develop the mine and plant.
- Ramaco expects the pilot processing plant to meet over 10 percent of America's 10,000-ton annual rare earth demand by late 2026, signaling a strategic move toward energy independence and domestic critical mineral production.
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Commentary: America's Critical Mining Industry Finds Itself in a Deep Hole - The Pennsylvania Daily Star
On July 11, Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Wyoming’s top elected officials were in the Cowboy state celebrating something that last happened when Dwight Eisenhower was president and the Brooklyn Dodgers won the World Series: The United States opened a rare earth mine.
Exclusive – Sen. Lummis: Wyoming Mine 'Game Changer' for Mineral, Energy Agenda
President Donald Trump took another step towards unleashing American energy dominance with the opening of a Wyoming mine that will also reduce American dependence on China for critical minerals, Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) told Breitbart News. The post Exclusive – Sen. Cynthia Lummis: Wyoming Mine ‘Game Changer’ for Trump’s Mineral, Energy Agenda appeared first on Breitbart.
First US Rare Earth Minerals Mine in 70 Years Will Lessen Dependence on China
Last week on the Senate floor, I hailed the opening in Sheridan, Wyoming, of the Brook Mine—the first rare earth elements mine to break ground in the U.S. in 70 years. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright recently joined me in Sheridan for its opening and deemed it a “landmark moment” for America’s energy independence. Here’s what I said on the Senate floor about it: Earlier this month, President Donald Trump signed into law a historic economic plan…
America Strikes Rare Earth Gold: What Wyoming’s New Mine Means for Ammo & National Security
Ranchester, WY – For the first time in over 70 years, the United States has broken ground on a new rare earth mine, and the implications stretch far beyond smartphones and electric cars. This milestone could reshape America’s supply chain for everything from fighter jets to — yes — the ammunition in your range bag. At a ribbon-cutting ceremony last week, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright called the Brook Mine “critical for breaking China’s stra…
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