Trump Expands Critical Minerals Push With Army Bases

The Trump administration is taking another step to strengthen the nation’s critical minerals supply chain, announcing plans to build a series of mineral processing facilities on U.S. military bases through partnerships with private industry, according to Bloomberg. The initiative marks the first time commercial mineral processing operations will be located on Army installations. The U.S. Army said it has reached preliminary agreements with REalloys, Titan Mining, EnergyX, and Australia’s ioneer to develop facilities that will process rare earth elements, graphite, lithium, and boron. REalloys is slated to build a rare earth separation plant at the Tooele Army Depot in Utah,…