Trump Tightens Control Over Critical Minerals Under Defence Act

President Donald Trump used a special law called the Defence Production Act to make it harder for other countries to sell the United States some very important minerals.

These minerals are needed for things like batteries, magnets, and military equipment.

The President said that the U.S. relies too much on other countries for these minerals, which could be a problem if those countries stop selling them.

The Commerce Department will now create rules to limit how these minerals can be exported.

This is part of a bigger plan to make the U.S. produce more of its own minerals and to recycle old products to get the minerals back.

The goal is to keep the U.S. strong and safe by making sure it has enough of these special materials.