Last week, the Department of the Interior finalized its 2025 Critical Minerals List, adding 10 new entries for a total of 60. What’s a critical mineral? There is a school…
The Department of the Interior released its 2025 draft critical minerals list last month, which expands the list from 50 minerals to 54. The U.S. Geological Survey’s critical minerals list…
Yesterday, the House subcommittee on energy and mineral resources heard testimony on six mining bills that will help to Make Mining American Again. Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08), chairman of the…
The Trump administration has singled out the most crucial electrification metal, copper, as a focus of its domestic minerals policy. Last week, an executive order was released “addressing the threat…
A report by the International Energy Forum found that manufacturing 100% electric vehicles by 2035 would require 55% more new mines than would have to open otherwise. To meet “business-as-usual,”…
On Tuesday, June 6, 2023, the Biden administration’s Army Corp of Engineers revoked the Clean Water Act Section 404 permit issued in 2019 for the proposed NorthMet/NewRange copper-nickel mine in…
A video of African miners narrowly escaping death as a mine shaft collapsed went viral on Twitter over the weekend. The video below shows miners leaping out of a tunnel…
On Tuesday, Minnesota Public Radio reported that environmental groups, including the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, have launched a campaign aimed at stopping the proposed Tamarack mine. The mine was…
Wind turbines require a lot of copper. A recent study from the International Energy Agency (IEA) found that the average onshore wind turbine requires about three metric tons of copper…
American Experiment policy fellow Isaac Orr joined Jesse Watters Primetime on January 31st to discuss how building more wind turbines will increase demand for copper, and how the Biden administration…
Talon Metals is planning to open a new, high-grade nickel, copper, and cobalt mine near Tamarack, Minnesota. The mine drew national attention when it signed a supply agreement with Tesla…
Mine permitting on federal lands has slowed under President Biden, according to a report from E&E News. The report highlights some of the inconsistencies between President Biden’s supposed desire to…
The Biden administration has suffered another devastating blow from the Biden administration. President Biden’s latest setback occurred as President Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a recommendation to the Army…
On March 31, 2020, Julie Padilla, the Chief Regulatory Officer of Twin Metals Minnesota, testified in front of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources to inform the…
Did you know there is already a non-ferrous mine operating in the same watershed as the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness on the Canadian side of the border? The mine,…
Telsa has announced it will increase the cost of all its electric vehicle models for the second time in the last several days. According to Inside EVs, the price hikes…
Anti-mining groups in Minnesota like to pretend that our state’s deposits of copper, nickel, cobalt, platinum, and palladium are globally insignificant, so they can argue that we don’t need to…
In 2020, American Experiment warned that a Biden administration would likely cancel the mineral leases for the proposed Twin Metals copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota. Yesterday, President Biden did exactly…
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has upheld the air permit for the PolyMet mining project in Northeastern Minnesota. This act rebukes anti-mining groups who oppose the project, despite the scientific…
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has been ordered by a court to review the state’s rules governing copper-nickel, and other non-iron mining. The agency is accepting public comment through…
The Duluth News Tribune recently ran a story on the proposed Tamarack nickel mine near Tamarack, Minnesota. Talon Metals, which owns a majority stake in the project, told investors a…
The Biden administration has dealt a potential blow to the Twin Metals Minnesota mine by imposing a ban on new leases in the Rainy River Watershed. The administration is also…
Rising electricity prices could force metal producers in Europe to pack their bags. Reuters reports: Governments across Europe are coming under pressure to help curb soaring energy costs for companies…
The Walz administration is seeking to unilaterally impose new regulations that will add more bureaucratic red tape for Minnesota iron ore and copper-nickel mining operations. You can tell the administration…