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EPA settlement with Northern Dynasty could be turning point for U.S. critical minerals security

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Harrison Brooks
AInvest, New York
Friday, July 4, 2025

The U.S. federal government's push to secure domestic supplies of critical minerals like copper and rhenium has reached a pivotal moment. Northern Dynasty Minerals, the company behind the controversial Pebble Project in Alaska, is now in advanced negotiations with the Environmental Protection Agency to resolve a 2023 veto of the mine. 

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The outcome could reshape the landscape of U.S. resource independence and open a path to one of the world's largest undeveloped copper deposits.

As of June 2025, Northern Dynasty and the EPA are racing to finalize a settlement by July 17, 2025, after requesting a 14-day extension to the court's abeyance period. 

The talks center on a potential submission of new data by Pebble Limited Partnership to inform the EPA's reconsideration of its 2023 decision, which blocked the mine under the Clean Water Act. 

The EPA's veto had cited risks to Bristol Bay's salmon fisheries, but PLP argues that modern mining practices and revised project designs address environmental concerns while unlocking a resource vital to U.S. infrastructure goals. ...

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