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Published December 22, 2017
Trump's making American mining great again

  By John Moody | Fox News
"...The executive order, signed on Wednesday, follows a report by the United States Geological Survey that – not for the first time – identifies 23 critical materials, including metals, minerals and so-called rare earth elements (REEs) that America, once the world’s leading source of rare earths, no longer produces. The reason: China, our main trade nemesis and a potential future military enemy, can provide them cheaper."
From http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/12/22/trumps-making-american-mining-great-again.html