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Feds Announce $100M Plan to Expand Mining Workforce
The funding will support engineering programs and help universities train more workers for a sector that graduates about 10,000 people a year, officials said.
- The Department of Energy launched a $100 million PROSPECT initiative to recruit and train mining workers at 14 accredited universities, expanding educational opportunities to boost domestic critical mineral production.
- Assistant U.S. Secretary of Energy Audrey Robertson noted American colleges produce a "minuscule fraction" of mining workers needed, while the DOE estimates 6,000 new engineers are required over the next 10 years.
- Most PROSPECT funds will support student financial aid and training at the 14 currently accredited schools, with two additional universities working toward eligibility; graduates from these programs enjoy 100% job placement.
- Robertson described mining as a "high-tech, innovative" industry where artificial intelligence will play a "huge role" in developing new mines, positioning the sector as essential to national defense and industrialization.
- In the coming weeks, the DOE will announce competition rules for the initiative, after which universities will submit proposals detailing plans to increase student enrollment; funding amounts depend on these proposals.
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Feds announces $100M plan to expand mining workforce
(The Center Square) - The U.S. Department of Energy is launching a $100 million initiative to recruit more Americans for the country’s mining and other critical-minerals workforce.
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Feds announce $100M plan to expand mining workforce
(The Center Square) - The U.S. Department of Energy is launching a $100 million initiative to recruit more Americans for the country’s mining and other critical-minerals workforce.
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Virginia Tech part of federal push to expand mining workforce
BLACKSBURG — Virginia Tech is one of 14 universities at the forefront of a federal push to expand domestic mining and mineral operations following a $100 million educational investment announced in early August.
·Bristol, United States
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