The U.S. is opening its first new Wyoming coal mine in decades to extract both coal and critical rare earth metals, inching the country closer to the Trump administration’s energy independence goals.

Following Wyoming’s lead, Montana’s congressional delegation is pushing to reverse Biden-era BLM rules that would end coal mining in the Powder

President Donald Trump’s administration has proposed several changes that would affect the struggling U.S. coal industry.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright will appear alongside a raft of lawmakers to celebrate a coal mine that plans to ramp up production of rare earth elements.

The Bureau of Land Management will amend Biden-era resource management plans to reopen coal leasing in Wyoming and Montana.

In a statement, the Department of the Interior said it granted approval for Hurricane Creek Mining LLC to mine coal on Bryson Mountain in Claiborne County, Tennessee. The mine will produce up to 1.8 million tons of coal over the next decade, the agency said. The site was previously mined at various times between the 1950s and 2010.