Peagon eers the field; Refining of vital metals in US military lands
According to informed sources, Trump is seeking to refine minerals in Peagon bases to increase US domestic production. The project is designed to couer China’s corol over vital minerals. Fighters, submarines and bullets are made with materials processed in China.
US Preside Donald Trump plans to build metal refining facilities at Peagon military bases, according to ISNA. According to two senior governme officials, the move is part of his plan to increase vital mineral production and reduce China’s corol over the area.
The move is one of the several programs that are under review for an executive order that Trump may soon sign, even uil Wednesday. Last week, he told the US Congress that he would take a “historical move to expand vital minerals and rare elemes in the United States”.
According to informed sources, which are not allowed to publicly discuss the decisions of the US governme, the Peagon will cooperate with other federal institutions to establish mineral processing facilities in its bases.
The sources told Reuters that the use of military bases to process these materials emphasized the importance of vital minerals in national security from Trump’s perspective. Fighters, submarines, bullets and other US military weapons are made with material processed in Beijing.
Trump also plans to appoi a special official to monitor vital minerals, similar to what the former presides have taken to coordinate Washington’s policies in other areas.
According to sources, the programs are still under investigation and may change before Trump’s executive order signing.
Some Trump administration officials were concerned about initial signs that China could limit exports of vital minerals as a retaliatory act against Trump’s tariffs or for other reasons, a official told Reuters.
The US National Security Council did not respond to requests for comme.
Given that the Peagon has about 5 million hectares of land, the plan ensures that there is enough land for refining facilities and preves disputes that sometimes occur in the host’s local communities. It also eliminates the need to buy land or the use of lands under the corol of other federal institutions.
According to Reuters, a program focused on metal processing, instead of reforming mining laws in the United States, may cause dissatisfaction with American miners, but it eliminates the long -standing concern of producers over China’s over -corol over the metal processing sector in the world.
China is one of the world’s largest producers of 5 of the 5 minerals that are critical by the US Geological Survey.
It is unclear how the Trump plan will be implemeed in the Peagon bases legally, as US clean air and clean water laws are still implemeed in these bases, and these laws have previously preveed private material processing projects.
Trump had earlier expressed his desire for alternative use of federal -corolled lands. During his presideial candidacy, he had promised to open parts of federal land to build large -scale housing, with areas where “extremely low taxes and minimal regulations” would be.
According to sources that spoke to Reuters, Trump does not have a plan to create strategic reserves of vital minerals similar to US strategic oil reserves, a move that some in the governme and the mining industry demanded.
China stores some vital minerals, including Cobalt, and the US governme thought last year to store the metal. Cobalt is used in missiles, aerospace compones, communication magnets, and radar and guidance systems.
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