April 18 – The White House said Friday it will quickly allow 10 mining projects across the United States as part of President Donald Trump’s push to expand production of key minerals.
These projects – which will provide copper, antimony and other minerals – have achieved rapid 41 status, a federal initiative initiated in 2015 to simplify approval of critical infrastructure. The White House said it will add more projects.
The initial 10 are listed on the U.S. federal website to publicly track progress on their licensing, part of the Trump administration’s demand for greater transparency and faster licensing.
“This transparency leads to greater accountability, thus ensuring a more effective process,” the White House said in a statement.
The move boosts a proposed Idaho antimony and gold mine from Perpetua Resources, a proposed Arizona copper mine from Rio Tinto, a proposed Montana copper and silver mine from Hecla Mining, expansion of Albemarle’s Nevada lithium mine, an Arkansas direct lithium extraction project from Standard Lithium, and an Alabama metallurgical coal project from Warrior Met Coal, among others.
South32’s Hermosa Zinc-Manganis project in Arizona was quickly tracked by former President Joe Biden, the first mine to receive a rapid 41 treatment.
Trump ordered an investigation into potential new tariffs on all key U.S. mineral imports earlier this week, a major escalation of his dispute with his global trading partners and attempts to put pressure on industry leader China.
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