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Utah committee backs resolution asking industry, state groups to craft critical-minerals strategy
Summary
The House Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Committee on March 4 unanimously recommended SJR 11, a resolution asking three Utah organizations to convene a working group to study the state's critical-mineral resources and return recommendations to the Legislature.
Senator Millner told the House Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Standing Committee on March 4 that Utah holds deposits on the federal critical-minerals list and needs a statewide strategy to develop them.
The resolution, SJR 11, calls on the Utah Mining Association, a federal Economic Development Administration grantee (referred to in testimony as “47 gs”) and the World Trade Center to form a study group and come back to the Legislature with recommendations on how the state can responsibly tap critical minerals. Senator Millner said, “we're very dependent on certain critical minerals, not only for national defense, but for our electronics, for just our general way of life in this…
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