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Ukraine Takes First Step Toward Carrying Out Minerals Deal With U.S.

The government is trying to show the Trump administration that it can deliver on the agreement.

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In a handout image from Ukraine’s government, Scott Bessent, the U.S. Treasury secretary, and Yulia Svyrydenko, the Ukrainian economy minister, signed the minerals deal in Washington in April.

Trump Approves Expansion of Scandal-Hit Coal Mine

Environmental groups had opposed expanding a Montana mine previously caught up in allegations of cocaine trafficking and the faked kidnapping of an executive.

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The entrance to Bull Mountain mine near Billings, Mont., in 2022
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