The House—following the steadfast leadership of Rep. Pete Stauber—yesterday passed legislation Wednesday that would reverse a Biden ban on mining on more than 225,000 acres of public lands in Minnesota. The important measure now moves to the Senate for action.

Yesterday the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced a revision to regulations under the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act that would streamline the seabed mining permitting process. The existing process requires a two-step sequential application process, where an applicant first applies for an exploration license and then applies for the commercial recovery permit. The new rules, which take effect immediately, consolidate these applications into a single, shorter review.

Finally, as the pundits and analysts ponder what is part of the potential Greenland framework President Trump says has been agreed, expect to hear a lot more about that country's mineral resources, and the challenges in accessing them.