India, Oct. 26 -- The U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright has designated helium as a critical material under the Energy Act of 2020. The designation is part of the Trump Administration's actions to free the United States from reliance on foreign sources of critical materials, strengthening domestic manufacturing, supporting American jobs, and securing the materials essential to U.S. economic and national security.
"President Trump is bringing back America's manufacturing industry, and that means making sure we have the materials needed to build things in America again," said U.S . Secretary of Energy Chris Wright. "Helium is essential to producing the semiconductors and advanced technologies that power our economy. By designating helium ...