Review fast tracked for Nevada vanadium mine, 1st in the US

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Federal land managers have launched an expedited permitting process in Nevada for what would become the first vanadium mine proposed in the United States. Pronounced “vuh-NAY’-dee-uhm,” the metal unfamiliar to most long has been used as an alloy to strengthen steel used in the construction, auto and aerospace sectors. Vanadium is imported, usually from Austria, Canada and Russia. Federal officials this month invoked a Trump administration order streamlin