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Mining companies strike gold with new climate law

E&E News · Jael Holzman · last updated

The Inflation Reduction Act, which President Joe Biden signed into law Tuesday, is chock full of mining industry benefits — including a large tax break to any mining company that can produce amounts of minerals central to energy transition products like electric vehicles.

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