US-backed Energy Fuels seeks rare earth mining in Brazil's Abrolhos region

Energy Fuels, backed by a $725 million US government loan, has filed 19 mining applications in Bahia, including 12 in the environmentally protected Abrolhos area. This marks a US strategic move to secure critical minerals outside China, but faces environmental and regulatory hurdles in Brazil.

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