Category: critical minerals

House Republicans Call on Senate to Pass Energy Bill and Revive American Mining

Regulatory and judicial reforms adopted by the House in HR 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act, and being proposed in other bills, are urgently needed to unshackle America’s mining industry before the nation faces significant economic and national security challenges, Republicans warned during a Congressional field hearing on critical mineral development in Goodyear, Arizona, on…


House Natural Resources Committee Oversight Field Hearing on ‘Critical Minerals in the American Southwest’

The House Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, holds an oversight field hearing on “Securing Supply Chains: Access to Critical Minerals in the American Southwest” at 1 p.m. ET on July 21 to examine the vast mineral potential of the American Southwest. …


LIVE 10 AM ET: House Natural Resources Committee Oversight Field Hearing on ‘Critical Minerals in the American Southwest’

The House Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, holds an oversight field hearing on “Securing Supply Chains: Access to Critical Minerals in the American Southwest” at 10 a.m. ET on July 21 to examine the vast mineral potential of the American Southwest. …


LIVE 1 PM ET: House Natural Resources Committee Oversight Field Hearing on ‘Critical Minerals in the American Southwest’

The House Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, holds an oversight field hearing on “Securing Supply Chains: Access to Critical Minerals in the American Southwest” at 1 p.m. ET on July 21 to examine the vast mineral potential of the American Southwest. …


LIVE NOW: House Natural Resources Committee Oversight Field Hearing on ‘Critical Minerals in the American Southwest’

The House Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, holds an oversight field hearing on “Securing Supply Chains: Access to Critical Minerals in the American Southwest” at 1 p.m. ET on July 21 to examine the vast mineral potential of the American Southwest. …


Biden Administration is Helping China By Restricting Domestic Mining: Minnesota State Senator

The Biden administration’s restrictive stance towards domestic mining projects is making the United States dependent on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), according to former Minnesota State Sen. Tom Bakk. “We need to change the narrative on mining in this country,” Mr. Bakk told the House Ways and Means Committee on July 10. “It’s contrary to…


10 Tonnes of Mining Needed for One EV, CEO Reveals True Cost of Net Zero

BRISBANE—Business leaders at the World Mining Congress have revealed the sheer scale (and urgency) of new mining activity needed to make net zero societies feasible. The climate change movement—supposed to be about protecting the environment—will, in fact, spur mining companies to go “deeper, bigger, and faster” to meet the demand for critical minerals like lithium…


Australia Unveils Key Strategy Which Will Challenge China’s Critical Mineral Dominance

The Australian government has pledged hundreds of millions of dollars in new funding to challenge China’s grip on supplies of key minerals while starting a critical minerals processing industry which it says could create 262,600 new jobs by 2040. Minister for Resources and Northern Australia Madeleine King released the Albanese government’s critical minerals strategy 2023-2030…


US and Australia Establish Climate and Clean Energy as ‘Third Pillar’ of Alliance

The United States will support Australia to become a global renewable energy powerhouse and has established renewable energy and the climate as a “central pillar” of the bilateral alliance. “Today, what we’ve done is add a new element to that alliance up front, very clearly, unequivocally, on climate action. Because climate action, of course, is…


Canada’s Electronic Waste More Than Tripled in 20 Years, Study Indicates

Canada’s electronic waste more than tripled in the last two decades and is expected to keep increasing, a new study indicates, with researchers urging better e-waste management to reduce environmental harm and bring economic rewards. Researchers from the University of Waterloo conducted what they called a comprehensive estimate of e-waste in Canada to better understand…