U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable EnergyIndustrial Technologies Program – Mining Industry of the FutureEach year, nearly 47,000 pounds of materials must be mined for each person in the U.S. to maintain a standard of living. The Mining Industry of the Future, a collaboration between the U.S. mining industry and the U.S. Department of Energy, Industrial Technologies Program (ITP), is working to make the U.S. mining industry the most efficient and advanced in the world. Through participation in ITP's Industries of the Future process, the U.S. mining industry has:
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