One of the US’s most outspoken rare earths (RE) producers, American Elements, has called on the US Senate to pass a key bill, which will accelerate the process of issuing permits for new mineral-mining operations.
The purpose of HR 4402 National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act is to speed up the process of issuing permits for new critical mineral mining operations in the US to a maximum period of 30 months.
But the bill, which was passed by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives last Thursday (July...