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Podcast: Increasing domestic critical minerals supplies

Critical minerals play an essential role in modern technologies, and a domestic supply is essential for national security. Elizabeth Holley, associate professor of mining engineering at Colorado School of Mines, discusses how domestic supplies might be increased by recovering critical minerals from the byproducts of existing mining sites.

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