DOE announces $29.5 M to national labs to advance critical mineral supply chain
The U.S. Department of Energy is providing $29.5 million to national labs for the Mine of the Future Initiative. The project aims to strengthen the domestic supply chain for critical minerals.
AMES — Researchers at the Ames National Laboratory are part of a U.S. Department of Energy initiative, called Mine of the Future Initiative, aimed at boosting the nation’s supply chain for critical minerals which are currently held almost entirely by China. Audrey Robertson, assistant secretary of energy for the Office of Critical Mineral and Energy Innovation, […]
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