Last week, Talon Metals announced it has secured a former coal mine site in western North Dakota for processing nickel from its proposed project. It’s a victory for North Dakota’s…
Yesterday, the White House announced an executive order titled “Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production.” The order is intended to increase domestic mineral production and decrease reliance on foreign…
The Trump administration this week signaled that it may roll back almost 50 years of regulations that created the lengthy and litigious permitting process in the U.S. That would be welcome news…
President Donald Trump has wasted no time in issuing executive orders to restore the U.S.’ energy dominance. His slew of actions has promised a renewed focus on critical minerals, expedited…
Global mining is becoming more dangerous every day. According to an excellent report in The Wall Street Journal, global mining is facing a rash of “increasingly aggressive actions” toward Western…
The Washington Free Beacon reported recently on China’s expanded export ban of the critical minerals antimony, gallium, and germanium — all necessary for military and energy applications — and a…
The White House demands that corporations turn a blind eye to human rights abuses in the mining of minerals in “risky” countries. That’s what Amos Hochstein, White House senior adviser…