INCREASING AMERICAN MINERAL PRODUCTION: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to boost American mineral production, streamline permitting, and enhance national security.
Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3, United States Code, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose. The United States possesses vast mineral resources that can create jobs, fuel prosperity, and significantly reduce our reliance on foreign nations.
Michigan Potash Announces New Food-Grade Salt Business in the Heart of the Midwest
EVART, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Michigan Potash & Salt Co. (Michigan Salt) today announced the launch of its new salt business, which will produce 1 million tons of food-quality salt, strategically located within a high-demand area the United States.
Feds back effort to extract mineral buried deep under Northern Michigan
The federal government is supporting a controversial Northern Michigan potash and salt mine that’s been in the works for over a decade.
Michigan Potash secures conditional commitment for a loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy to enhance food security through major fertilizer project
EVART, Mich. — A technologically advanced and energy efficient potash and salt production facility more than a decade in the making got a critical boost through a conditional commitment for a loan guarantee of up to $1.26 billion from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO). The facility will create good paying jobs and improve U.S. food security by reducing America’s near-total dependence on foreign countries for a critical mineral.