As part of the Trump administration’s push to boost domestic production, the US Army will allow several companies to build critical-mineral processing plants on military bases nationwide, people familiar with the matter said. REalloys, Titan Mining, ioneer and Energy Exploration Technologies have agreements with the Pentagon to build facilities to process rare earths, graphite, lithium and boron. REalloys plans a rare-earth separation plant at the Tooele Army Depot in Utah; output will be stored

As part of the Trump administration’s push to boost domestic production, the US Army will allow several companies to build critical-mineral processing plants on military bases nationwide, people familiar with the matter said. REalloys, Titan Mining, ioneer and Energy Exploration Technologies have agreements with the Pentagon to build facilities to process rare earths, graphite, lithium and boron. REalloys plans a rare-earth separation plant at the Tooele Army Depot in Utah; output will be stored on-site for military use.