WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Mining Association (NMA) today issued the following statement from Rich Nolan, President and CEO, applauding Congress, under the tireless leadership of Congressman Pete Stauber, for its work to overturn the unfounded public lands order withdrawing hundreds of thousands of acres of minerals-rich land in Minnesota.
“We are in a global race to build out the technologies, data centers and energy resources that will drive the future, yet our abundant domestic supplies of the minerals needed to do so are handcuffed by the prior administration’s groundless land withdrawals. Hundreds of thousands of acres of public lands in Minnesota–and elsewhere across the U.S.–containing everything from copper to nickel and cobalt, were closed off to responsible domestic mining, putting our supply chains at risk and costing Americans much needed jobs. Global events have shown these dated policies to be both unworkable and a risk to our economic security; we applaud Rep. Stauber for working to reverse them to ensure what’s made in America is also mined in America.”
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