The Department of Defense's Office of Strategic Capital on Thursday announced a $725 million conditional loan commitment with Energy Fuels Inc.

(AMEX:UUUU) to expand domestic rare earth processing at its White Mesa Mill in Utah and fund a new rare earth metals and alloy facility in the U.S.

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The deal is the latest federal push to build a domestic critical minerals supply chain independent of China.