Environmentalists Sue Federal Agencies Over Nation’s First Fast-Tracked Critical Minerals Mine

Filed by Terra Bloom

In the foothills of southern Arizona’s Patagonia Mountains, atop so-called critical minerals such as zinc, is South32’s Hermosa project. The first mine added to a federal program designed to speed up permitting, it “set the standard for what the modern federal permitting process should look like” with “clear timelines, real transparency, and comprehensive interagency coordination,” […]