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April 16 (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Thursday narrowly voted ​to overturn former President Joe Biden’s mining ban in northern Minnesota, agreeing with the House of Representatives and sending the ‌bill to President Donald Trump, who is expected to sign it.

The move reverses Biden’s 20-year block on mining across 225,504 minerals-rich acres (91,200 hectares) in the Superior National Forest and gives a major boost to Antofagasta’s, opens new tab Twin Metals copper, cobalt and nickel project, as well as other proposed mines in the region bordering Canada.

Environmentalists have ​long worried that the mine could damage the water-rich region, which is visited by more than 200,000 hikers and canoeists ​each year. Mining companies have said they believe minerals can be extracted safely.

Read more at: Reuters