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Wright, at Wyoming's Ramaco Brook Mine, Celebrates the First New Rare Earth Mine in 70 Years

August 14, 2025 · U.S. Department of Energy · 0:01:04

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What happened

Energy Secretary Chris Wright spoke at the Ramaco Brook Mine in Wyoming in brief remarks the Department of Energy uploaded. Wright called it an exciting day in Wyoming: the first rare earth element mine to open in the United States in 70 years and the first coal mine to open in Wyoming in 50 years, as he stated the milestones. Standing before what he described as big, beautiful, clean coal, he noted coal is the largest source of global electricity and has been for over a century, as he stated its position.

Wright said the administration wants coal production to grow in the United States and that this mine will also bring rare earth element production, as he described the site’s dual output. He declared that President Trump’s reelection transforms the American energy landscape and ends what he called the wrongheaded, foolish and destructive war on hydrocarbons and domestic energy production, and predicted much more coal production to come, as he stated the administration’s direction.

Why it matters

The Wyoming stop compresses two administration priorities into one site — reviving coal and onshoring rare earth production — with Wright attaching first-in-decades milestones to the mine’s opening.

Sources: U.S. Department of Energy, “Secretary Wright at Ramaco Brook Mine in Wyoming - July 14, 2025”, 2025-08-14 (official upload, embedded above; published 2025-08-14). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.