Resurrected Idaho Mine Could Be First in US to Produce Tungsten Since 2015

by John Haughey : Sep 5, 2025 : The Epoch Times

[TheEpochtimes.com] A Canada-based corporation is rehabilitating a mine in east-central Idaho that's been shuttered for nearly 70 years to extract the first domestically produced tungsten in the United States in more than a decade. Tungsten is among the hardest metals. It is classified by the Department of Defense as a critical mineral, vital for the production of tank armor, artillery, bullets, hypersonic weapons, submarine hulls, semiconductors, circuit boards, and many other products and applications... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here Click Here to read. (Image: iStock-Just Super)