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Wyoming's first new coal mine in decades to extract rare earths

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/wyomings-first-new-coal-mine-in-decades-to-extract-rare-earths/ar-AA1IpVTT?ocid=BingNewsSerp

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The developer of what would be the first new coal mine in Wyoming in decades is launching a potentially half-billion-dollar effort to extract rare earth metals from the fossil fuel that are crucial for tech products and military hardware.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright, Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon, and Wyoming's congressional delegation took part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday for Ramaco Resources, Inc.'s Brook Mine outside Ranchester in northeastern Wyoming.