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US Senator group seeks change to Grant's 1872 Mining Act

A group of US Democrat Senators has introduced legislation aimed at modernising the country’s Mining Act of 1872, legislation that was signed into law by former President and Civil War commanding general Ulysses S. Grant.

US Senator group seeks change to Grant's 1872 Mining Act US Senator group seeks change to Grant's 1872 Mining Act US Senator group seeks change to Grant's 1872 Mining Act US Senator group seeks change to Grant's 1872 Mining Act US Senator group seeks change to Grant's 1872 Mining Act

US miners could face royalties

US Senator Martin Heinrich, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, has introduced the Clean Energy Minerals Reform Act.