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Utah aims to host critical minerals lab, hoping for federal recognition — and funding
Utah is poised to create new zones to eventually make its goal of capturing 20% to 25% of the country’s critical minerals demand a reality. The state also has its heart set on even extracting minerals from coal or copper mining tailings, and to build a lab where government, industry players and academia can collaborate. Ogden Republican Sen. Ann Millner, who sponsored a bill the Legislature passed setting the framework to advance mining in the state, said the state has lots of potential, starting with hosting 50 of 60 critical minerals, the most diverse mineral estate of any state, ...
