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fromFortune
10 hours ago

Trump is greenlighting an Alaska megamine-and taking a government stake in the company digging it up | Fortune

The U.S. approved a 211-mile Ambler Road in Alaska to enable mining of copper, cobalt, gold and other critical minerals, reversing a prior block.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Trump orders approval of 211-mile mining road through Alaska wilderness

The gravel road and mining project, north of Fairbanks, Alaska, is something that should've been long operating and making billions of dollars for our country and supplying a lot of energy and minerals, Trump said at an Oval Office ceremony. Former president Joe Biden undid it and wasted a lot of time and a lot of money, a lot of effort. And now we're starting again. And this time we have plenty of time to get it done, Trump added.
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