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Wright to Kudlow: All-of-Government Push to Break China's Rare Earth Dominance; ANWR Opening in Alaska

October 24, 2025 · U.S. Department of Energy · 0:05:01

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What happened

Energy Secretary Chris Wright told Larry Kudlow that breaking China’s rare earth position is a big, all-of-government effort: deals with small and large miners, processing companies, and manufacturers, and bringing in larger companies with manufacturing technology to ramp up quickly, according to Wright. He said China went after the industry strategically to make the United States and the world dependent on it, and that the Trump administration will break that dependence, though it will take time, according to the interview.

On permitting, Wright said some permits are in place and some are not: the big U.S. rare earth mine is mining today, expanding, and will build processing on site, while the Resolution copper mine in Arizona has been trying to open for 29 years and should open soon, according to Wright. He said mining in the United States remains difficult, and that is a problem the administration is working on, according to the interview.

On Alaska, Kudlow congratulated Wright on opening ANWR, and Wright said the administration will unleash Alaska — saying the Biden administration had more sanctions on Alaska than on Iran and Venezuela combined — and grow production across the North Slope from ANWR to the National Petroleum Reserve and the lands between, predicting an Alaska oil and gas boom in coming years, according to Wright.

Why it matters

The Kudlow interview gives the rare-earth effort a status check — producing mine, pending Arizona copper permit after 29 years — alongside the administration’s ANWR opening, as the secretary stated them.

Sources: U.S. Department of Energy, “Secretary Wright Joins Fox Business’ Larry Kudlow - October 24, 2025”, 2025-10-24 (official upload, embedded above; published 2025-10-24). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.