National Energy Emergency Executive Order to unleash mining, production of critical minerals
Special to the News
Westwater Resources Inc., an energy technology and battery-grade natural graphite company, applauds the recent executive orders issued by the White House that emphasize the importance of critical minerals, which include battery-grade graphite.
In a January 20 executive order declaring a national energy emergency, President Donald Trump called on federal agencies to use what authorities they have to unleash the mining and processing of critical minerals in the U.S., along with other resources.
In another executive order, Trump called on the heads of all federal agencies – from the Council on Environmental Quality to EPA and the Interior Department – to identify and eliminate all agency actions that impose an “undue burden” on domestic mining and processing of non-fuel minerals.
Westwater applauds these recent steps to develop and promote a domestic critical minerals industry in areas such as battery-grade graphite.
Westwater presents a strong business case as the first American, vertically-integrated, battery-grade natural graphite company.
