{"id":21875,"date":"2026-02-05T15:37:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T14:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/trump-administration-expresses-interest-in-cornish-tin-mine\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T15:37:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T14:37:24","slug":"trump-administration-expresses-interest-in-cornish-tin-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/trump-administration-expresses-interest-in-cornish-tin-mine\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration expresses interest in Cornish tin mine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Crofty site could reopen aided by potential $225m investment as US seeks to secure supply of critical metal<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump has aggressively pursued investment into hi-tech industries recent months, but the US administration has now set its sights on a more traditional sector: tin mining in Cornwall.<\/p>\n<p>The South Crofty mine, near the village of Pool, could start up again after nearly three decades aided by a potential $225m (\u00a3166m) investment from across the Atlantic, creating 300 jobs.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2026\/feb\/05\/trump-administration-cornish-tin-mine-south-crofty\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/d738c405eca784ee096383e2acaf9d3a25e931fc\/809_0_7365_5889\/master\/7365.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=937f2892f3195e4feee5a3270ea1f77a\" title=\"Trump administration expresses interest in Cornish tin mine\" \/>South Crofty site could reopen aided by potential $225m investment as US seeks to secure supply of critical metal<br \/>\nDonald Trump has aggressively pursued investment into hi-tech industries recent months, but the US administration has now set its sights on a more traditional sector: tin mining in Cornwall.<br \/>\nThe South Crofty mine, near the village of Pool, could start up again after nearly three decades aided by a potential $225m (\u00a3166m) investment from across the Atlantic, creating 300 jobs. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Crofty site could reopen aided by potential $225m investment as US seeks to secure supply of critical metal Donald Trump has aggressively pursued investment into hi-tech industries recent months, but the US administration has now set its sights on a more traditional sector: tin mining in Cornwall. The South Crofty mine, near the village &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/trump-administration-expresses-interest-in-cornish-tin-mine\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Trump administration expresses interest in Cornish tin mine<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":21876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21875"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}