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Pini Althaus
Private Sector Figure · Chair, Cove Kaz Capital
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Pini Althaus is an Australian-born mining executive who founded USA Rare Earth and served as its chief executive before launching Cove Kaz Capital and Kaz Resources, the firms behind a Kazakhstan tungsten project. With more than two decades in the critical-minerals sector, he has advised U.S. and Kazakh officials on securing supply chains for rare earths, tungsten, and other strategic metals.
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Trump's EPA eliminates climate endangerment finding and emission rules
Energy & Environment sector — Eliminating federal vehicle GHG standards removes compliance costs across the auto manufacturing industry and preserves demand for petroleum-based fuels, benefiting domestic oil and gas producers sector-wide.
Trump and Lutnick cut a mining deal their sons stand to profit from
Australian-born mining executive and founder of USA Rare Earth; as executive chairman of Cove Kaz Capital (renamed Kaz Resources) his firm secured the Kazakh tungsten rights and the $1.6 billion in federal financing letters of interest, holding 70 percent of the venture. He says the deal began under the Biden administration and received no political favors, and that he never met the Trump sons.
Trump approves Ambler Road across Alaska wilderness for critical-minerals access
Mining & Critical Minerals sector — Approves road access to the Ambler Mining District, opening copper, cobalt, gallium, and germanium deposits to the mining and critical-minerals industry.
Trump creates National Energy Dominance Council chaired by Burgum
Energy & Environment sector — Nuclear, hydropower, and critical-minerals industries also fall within the council's explicit mandate alongside the fossil-fuel scope. Energy & Environment is tagged as an interim broader sector pending more granular sub-sector creation for nuclear and critical minerals.
Trump order scraps the rules behind federal environmental reviews
Energy & Environment sector — Rescinding NEPA implementing regulations shortens environmental review timelines for drilling, pipelines, LNG terminals, and other energy infrastructure, accelerating permitting across the sector.
Trump order directs agencies to rescind energy-burdening regulations
Mining & Critical Minerals sector — Names critical minerals among the resources whose development rules agencies must clear, easing the regulatory load for the mining and critical-minerals industry.
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