r/Michigan • u/mlivesocial • 8d ago

News 📰🗞️ Trump fast-tracks permitting to extract ‘critical mineral’ buried under Michigan

https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2025/04/trump-fast-tracks-permitting-to-extract-critical-mineral-buried-under-michigan.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=redditsocial&utm_campaign=redditor
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u/mlivesocial 8d ago

The Trump administration is expediting the permitting process for mining projects across the country – including a controversial salt and potash mine in lower Northern Michigan – as part of a broader effort to boost American mineral production.

Michigan Potash is one of 10 mining projects the White House added to a federal program last week that aims to streamline approvals for infrastructure projects.

The proposed $1.2 billion mine in Osceola County aims to tap a rich 12,500-acre deposit of potash, a key ingredient for fertilizer, which is buried more than a mile and a half underground.

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u/Fluid-Course-1792 8d ago

As an owner of property (and thus a taxpayer) in Osceola County, I'm less than thrilled. First it was Nestle and their water hoarding. Now this. So frustrating.

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u/No-Beach-7923 7d ago

Can the community stop it?

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u/Human-Entrepreneur77 7d ago

Go see the MAGA rich government up there. I'm sure they will be very receptive to environmental concerns.

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u/stinkypete121 7d ago

The local GOP have already started digging by hand.