Senate passes Russian uranium import ban, sending to Biden
The Senate voted Tuesday evening to approve legislation banning the import of enriched uranium from Russia, sending the measure to the president. President Joe Biden plans to sign it into law soon, according to the White House.
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Biden extends EU steel, aluminum tariff exemption for 2 years
Mining News Pro - US President Joe Biden on Thursday extended the suspension of tariffs on European Union steel and aluminum for two years to continue negotiations on measures to address overcapacity and low-carbon production.
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Biden extends EU steel, aluminum tariff exemption for 2 years
Mining News Pro - US President Joe Biden on Thursday extended the suspension of tariffs on European Union steel and aluminum for two years to continue negotiations on measures to address overcapacity and low-carbon production.
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Treasury’s Yellen tours lithium plant to bolster Biden’s economic case
Mining News Pro - US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen traveled to North Carolina on Thursday to tout hundreds of billions of dollars in clean energy investments enabled by federal tax incentives as President Joe Biden struggles to win credit among voters for his economic record.
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Market is mispricing impact of Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act
Mining News Pro - Analysts at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. say that a number of key green sectors remain meaningfully underpriced.
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Biden to name new monument restricting mining near Grand Canyon
Mining News Pro - US President Joe Biden on Tuesday plans to name a new federal monument covering nearly 1 million acres (405,000 hectares) near the iconic Grand Canyon in Arizona, a move that will likely restrict new mining activity in the uranium-rich area.
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Biden’s energy funds fall behind schedule over China scrutiny
Mining News Pro - US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm knows time is not on her side.
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Biden’s electric car sales plan to strain critical mineral supplies
Mining News Pro - Stellantis NV and Toyota Motor Corp. blasted a Biden administration plan to squelch auto pollution, saying it would compel aggressive and unrealistic sales of electric vehicles that strain critical mineral supplies.
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US is vulnerable to China’s lock on key minerals, Biden aide says
Mining News Pro - The US economy is vulnerable to China’s “lock” on critical mineral processing, a senior adviser to President Joe Biden said, likening the situation to the risk Europe faced from its reliance on Russia’s oil and gas amid its invasion of Ukraine.
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Biden offers $450m for clean energy projects at coal mines
Mining News Pro - The United States announced on Tuesday it had set aside $450 million to advance clean energy projects on current and former mine sites, given special attention to those that can provide new economic opportunities for coal communities.
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Biden makes electric vehicle credits elusive in bid for US auto renaissance
Mining News Pro - The Biden administration’s requirements for electric vehicle tax credits will reduce the number of models eligible for incentives until tens of billions of new investment in US manufacturing by automakers and suppliers kick in.
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Biden backs Nevada lithium mine with $700 million loan offer
Mining News Pro - A Nevada lithium mine that would be only the second in the US is getting backing from the Biden administration as it seeks to boost the domestic supply of the critical mineral needed to make electric vehicle batteries.
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Supreme Court curbs EPA’s climate authority in blow to Biden
Mining News Pro - A deeply divided US Supreme Court dealt a major blow to President Joe Biden’s climate-change agenda, restricting the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to curb power-plant emissions and saying Congress would have to act to give the agency more authority.
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Biden urges G7 to stay together as leaders target Russian gold, oil price
Mining News Pro - US President Joe Biden told allies “we have to stay together” against Russia on Sunday as G7 leaders gathered for a summit dominated by war in Ukraine and its impact on food and energy supplies and the global economy.
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Biden’s trade plan to kickstart US solar fails to win over industry
Mining News Pro - President Joe Biden’s attempt to defuse a complicated trade dispute that’s paralyzed the US solar industry is drawing swift criticism from some of the very companies the White House had been seeking to appease.
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Biden keeps funds flowing to build US electric vehicle supply chain
Mining News Pro - President Joe Biden has taken lots of heat for stoking inflation with government spending. It’s not stopping him from keeping the spigot open to fund a domestic electric vehicle supply chain.
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Biden keeps funds flowing to build US electric vehicle supply chain
Mining News Pro - President Joe Biden has taken lots of heat for stoking inflation with government spending. It’s not stopping him from keeping the spigot open to fund a domestic electric vehicle supply chain.
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Biden’s team puts up over $3 billion to boost US battery output
Mining News Pro - The Biden administration will spend more than $3 billion to support the domestic manufacturing of advanced batteries used in electric vehicles and energy storage, officials said Monday.
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Biden poised to use Cold War powers to boost battery metals
Mining News Pro - President Joe Biden plans Thursday to invoke Cold War powers to encourage domestic production of critical minerals for electric-vehicle and other types of batteries, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Biden bets on US battery independence
Mining News Pro - President Biden wanted to spend this week talking about his climate agenda and reducing dependence on China, but Vladimir Putin got in the way.
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Biden team to hold off on Russia sanctions hitting aluminum
Mining News Pro - The Biden administration is holding off for now on sanctions against Russia that could disrupt global aluminum supplies, according to people familiar with the matter, as the market grapples with already severe shortages of the metal.
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US to support new mines that avoid ‘historical injustices’, Biden says
Mining News Pro - US President Joe Biden on Tuesday met with Administration and state partners, industry executives, community representatives, labor leaders, and California Governor Gavin Newsom to announce investments in domestic production of key critical minerals and materials, the White House said.
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Biden set to tout US progress on critical minerals production
Mining News Pro - US President Joe Biden on Tuesday plans to tout progress by government and private industry to boost American production of minerals used to make electric vehicles, cell phones, weaponry and a range of related electronics, the White House said.
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Biden administration kills Antofagasta’s Minnesota copper project
Mining News Pro - The U.S. Department of the Interior canceled two mineral leases for Antofagasta Plc’s proposed Twin Metals copper and nickel mine in Minnesota on Wednesday, effectively killing the project and handing a major win to environmentalists.
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Biden faces tougher sell to Manchin as coal hits 12-year high
Mining News Pro - Central Appalachia coal prices at a 12-year high could give West Virginia a boost just as President Joe Biden needs to persuade its Senator Joe Manchin to support a $2 trillion tax-and-spending package that includes climate-change measures.
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