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Trump Administration Eases Regulations to Boost American Mineral and Copper Security

Originally Published 2 months ago — by The White House (.gov)

President Trump signed a proclamation granting two years of regulatory relief from Biden-era EPA restrictions on copper smelting to support national security and economic stability, recognizing that overly restrictive environmental standards threaten domestic industry and mineral independence.

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Ancient Copper Smelting Site Unveils Origins of the Iron Age

Originally Published 3 months ago — by The Debrief

A reanalysis of 3,000-year-old artifacts from Kvemo Bolnisi, Georgia, suggests that early copper smelters experimented with iron oxides as flux, which may have inadvertently laid the groundwork for the development of true iron smelting and the Iron Age, challenging the idea of a sudden technological breakthrough.

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