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Lignite council urges use of coal as feedstock to recover critical minerals; committee hears incentive rationale
Summary
The Lignite Energy Council described a tax exemption created in 2023 to support facilities that extract critical minerals from lignite, arguing North Dakota’s deposits could help diversify supply chains for defense- and technology-related minerals.
Jonathan Fortner, president and CEO of the Lignite Energy Council, addressed the Tax Reform Relief Advisory Committee to explain a sales-and-use tax exemption enacted in the 2023 session (House Bill 1511) aimed at encouraging commercial processing of critical minerals and rare-earth elements from lignite coal.
Fortner argued the policy response is tied to national security and supply-chain concerns: he told members…
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