President Trump on Tuesday is expected to sign an executive order aiming to bolster U.S. coal mining. In the order, Trump will define coal as a “mineral,” allowing it to benefit from a previous executive order bolstering mining that — among other things — used presidential wartime authorities to expedite production.

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the U.S. would sign a new minerals deal next Thursday, in an apparent reference to talks with Ukraine. (Reporting by Angelo Amante; Writing by Trevor Hunnicutt) Copyright 2025 Thomson Reuters.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered a probe into potential new tariffs on all U.S. critical minerals imports, a major escalation in his dispute with global trade partners and an attempt to push back on industry leader China.