BLACKSBURG, Va., Aug. 10 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release:
In an effort to boost domestic mining of critical minerals and rare earth elements that are essential to U.S. economic resilience, the White House announced new funding to increase the number of mining engineers - andVirginia Tech's Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering will play a critical role.
On Aug. 7, federal leaders convened the nation's 14 accredited mining engineering programs and major mining companies for two events in Washington, D.C.: a meeting with the Department of Energy at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building and a historic roundtable with President Donald Trump at the State Department. Representa...