Full Committee Hearing to Examine the Department of the Interior’s Final List of Critical Minerals
July 17, 2018
10:00 AM
366 Dirksen Senate Office Building
The hearing will be held on Tuesday, July 17, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. EDT in Room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC.
The purpose of the hearing is to examine the Department of the Interior’s final list of critical minerals for 2018 and opportunities to strengthen the United States’ mineral security.
The hearing will be webcast live on the committee’s website, and an archived video will be available shortly after the hearing concludes. Witness testimony will be available on the website at the start of the hearing.
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Opening Remarks
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski
ChairmanSenate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources -
Sen. Maria Cantwell
Ranking MemberSenate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Witness Panel 1
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Dr. Steven Fortier
Director, National Minerals Information CenterU.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior -
Dr. Roderick Eggert
Viola Vestal Coulter Foundation Chair in Mineral Economics. Division of Economics and Business, Colorado School of MinesDeputy Director, Critical Materials Institute -
Mr. Greg Gregory
PresidentMaterion Natural Resources, Inc. -
Mr. Aaron Mintzes
Senior Policy CounselEarthworks -
Ms. Laurel Sayer
President & CEOMidas Gold Idaho -
Mr. Jim Sims
Vice President, External AffairsNioCorp Developments Ltd.
