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Trump announces $560m critical minerals investment in tiny NSW town

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The Pentagon is investing more than five hundred sixty million dollars in an Australian critical minerals project, as ABC News reports. The initiative is set to become the world's first scandium mine in a tiny New South Wales town.

Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-08/pentagon-loan-to-s...

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