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Trump admin approves its first fast-tracked mining project: A uranium mine in Utah

The Interior Department announced it was fast-tracking permitting for a uranium mine in southeastern Utah earlier this month.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Uranium miners in the La Sal mine on Monday, April 29, 2024. The Trump administration just approved the reopening of a uranium mine in southeastern Utah, the first under its accelerated permitting process.