The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Native American groups who argued that Rio Tinto’s (RIO) Resolution Copper project would destroy sacred land, The Financial Times’ Camilla Hodgson, Leslie Hook, and Stefania Palma report. The ruling comes as the Trump administration works to break the country’s dependency on China for minerals that are crucial to a range of sectors. The administration has moved to accelerate the permitting system for certain mining projects, including Resolution, to incentivize the growth of domestic metallurgy and battery industries. The Resolution Copper project is jointly owned with BHP (BHP).
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