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US critical minerals bill to cut mine permitting to max 30 months approved

Frik Els | July 12, 2012 | 7:28 pm

The National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act of 2012 (H.R. 4402) was approved by the US Congress on Thursday. The vote was 256 to 160 for the Republican-led bill, with 22 Democrats also voting in favour of the bill...