Arizona Federal Court Rejects Bid to Block Hermosa Critical Minerals Project

District Court for the District of Arizona last week denied a motion for a preliminary injunction seeking to stop construction of the Hermosa Critical Minerals Project in southeastern Arizona. The court action leaves the project moving forward after the request to halt work was rejected.

The project is described as one that will establish a domestic source of manganese and substantially increase domestic production of zinc. The source says both minerals are essential to the steel used in military vehicles and naval vessels.

It also says battery-grade manganese is essential to advanced lithium-ion batteries used in unmanned aerial vehicles, radios, and other defense equipment. The United States currently relies entirely on imports of manganese and almost entirely on imports of zinc, while China provides about 95% of global refining capacity for manganese used in advanced batteries.

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