US Republicans pass Strategic Critical Minerals Act
By Laura Syrett
Published: Friday, 13 July 2012
Measure to streamline permitting for strategic minerals may stall in Senate
Yesterday the US
House of Representatives passed the National Strategic and
Critical Mineral Production Act (HR 4402) by a vote of 256 to
160.
The bill, which would speed up the permitting process for
applications to mine certain minerals, including rare earths,
is widely supported by Republicans, together with a...