US EditionTrump Focuses on Critical Minerals, Eyes New Source for Extraction
- The Trump administration issued an executive order on April 2025 to accelerate domestic critical mineral production, focusing on northern Minnesota and deep-sea mining sites.
- This action followed the January 20 national emergency declaration to fast-track mineral projects, including the NorthMet copper-nickel mine, amid regulatory delays and environmental concerns.
- NewRange Copper Nickel, owned by Glencore and Teck Resources and headquartered in Minnesota, aims to develop NorthMet on 4,300 acres with a renovated processing facility near Babbitt within the St. Louis River watershed.
- In 2023, PolyMet’s wetlands permit was revoked for failing Clean Water Act standards, while critics warn the project risks long-term environmental harm and tribal nations oppose it, despite government job creation claims.
- Trump’s executive order also targets commercial deep-sea mining in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, a mineral-rich Pacific area with vast unknown biodiversity, raising global ecological and governance concerns amid calls for a moratorium.
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Trump is obsessed with critical minerals. There’s a new, dangerous place he’s seeking them
There is currently no commercial deep-sea mining happening anywhere in the world, though companies have been pushing for years. They appear to have found a new champion in Trump.
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Trump administration prioritizes NorthMet mine in Northern Minnesota
President Trump recently signed an executive order directing federal agencies to accelerate domestic mineral production in northern MN, including the proposed NorthMet mine. Advocacy groups criticize the effort, saying the current administration is ignoring science. The post Trump administration prioritizes NorthMet mine in Northern Minnesota appeared first on Quetico Superior Wilderness News.
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