The growth of renewable technologies will require massive amounts of mined materials, lawmakers said, including copper from the disputed Oak Flat.
Oak Flat is an Apache sacred site where Native Americans gather to pray and perform coming-of-age ceremonies and sweat rituals. A multi-national corporation has proposed a massive copper mine on the flats, which could threaten their spiritual practices and heritage. U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar led a congressional hearing on Friday in Goodyear where a panel of other House members, mining industry leaders and lobbyists advocated for greater access to mined materials like copper and rare earth minerals.
But he asserted that China either partially or totally controls 43 of the 50 critical minerals listed by the U.S. Geological Survey. The publicationfound that the U.S. is 100% import-dependent on 12 critical minerals and more than 50 percent import-dependent on 32 others, with China the largest import source for 26 of the listed critical minerals.
The grassroots group Apache Stronghold, other Native activists and their allies have fought for nearly 20 years to stop a mine that would obliterate Oak Flat, one of the Apache people's most sacred sites. The mine would use a new mining method known as block cave mining, a systemic excavation process that would leave behind a crater about 1,000 feet deep and about 1.8 miles in diameter.
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