“Speakers said the Biden administration has simultaneously worked to hinder key mining projects in the United States, such as Minnesota’s Twin Metals copper-nickel project and Arizona’s Resolution copper mine, which would allow the United States to produce many of those minerals at home, thereby avoiding dependence on the Taliban or the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).”

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-abandoned-critical-mineral-reserves-afghanistan-while-thwarting-mining-home