Inside Trump’s ambitious — and perilous — push to unleash US minerals

March 24, 2025

President Donald Trump on Thursday unleashed an ambitious and fast-paced plan for accelerating domestic mining and processing of minerals, copper, uranium and possibly coal — a strategy that faces potential legal risks, complicated coordination with states and myriad questions around funding.

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