US EditionColoradans weigh in on Trump's executive order expediting mining
- President Donald Trump ordered a probe into new tariffs on critical minerals to reduce reliance on imports, particularly from China.
- Trump signed an executive order directing Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick to investigate new tariffs on minerals crucial for advanced goods production.
- China halted metal exports amid a trade war, supplying 70% of U.S. Rare earth metal imports from 2020 to 2023, according to a report.
- The executive order highlights that losing access to these minerals could significantly impact U.S. Manufacturing for commercial and defense products.
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Global race for critical raw materials – how far are the great powers willing to go?
Graphite, lithium, cobalt and neodymium. These are the names of the substances that could shape the big politics of the future. The hunt for critical raw materials has been stepped up – and now the major powers are combing every corner of the world for new deposits. The development worries experts who see a risk that both old and new conflicts will flare up in the wake of the mineral hunt.
Critical Mineral Stocks Rally on Signs Trump Supports Sector
US stocks linked to rare earth metals and other critical minerals gained this week, getting a boost from signs that the Trump administration will favor a sector that’s become a flashpoint in the trade standoff between the US and China.
Trump Weighs Tariffs as Tool to Break China’s Stranglehold on ‘Critical Minerals’
by Wallace White President Donald Trump ordered a probe into new tariffs on “critical minerals” amid a push to reduce America’s reliance on imported goods, particularly those from China. Trump signed an executive order directing Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick to investigate the possibility and feasibility of new tariffs on “critical minerals” such as cobalt, lithium, nickel and others crucial to production of advanced goods like computer…
Critical minerals added to Trump’s Section 232 list
Critical minerals are the latest focus of a Commerce Department probe under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. President Trump on Tuesday identified U.S. reliance on imports of key minerals -- especially from China -- as a potential national security risk, ordering an investigation that could lead to tariffs or other trade actions. It was the third Section 232 probe of the week, after semiconductors and pharmaceuticals were targeted…
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