Center objectives.
Utah Code § 79-10-602
in effect79-10-602. Center objectives.
The center shall:
(1) serve as the state's primary partner for issues related to developing critical mineral extraction and processing from research to commercialization, including:
(a) workforce training;
(b) the testing and piloting of technology;
(c) federal grant coordination; and
(d) development of processing capacity;
(2) coordinate the center's operations with the strategic plan established by the council in accordance with Subsection 79-10-302(1);
(3) partner with industry and academia to:
(a) develop processing and separation processes;
(b) provide technology benchmarking and performance validation;
(c) provide pilot-scale demonstrations and scale-up;
(d) integrate physical, chemical, electrochemical, and thermal processing; and
(e) provide for autonomous sampling and real-time analysis; and
(4) lay groundwork for securing federal designation of an entity within the state as a United States critical minerals national laboratory.
Enacted by Chapter 493, 2026 General Session
Source: Utah Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel (le.utah.gov)URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title79/Chapter10/79-10-S602.html?v=C79-10-S602_2026050620260506Fetched: 10/26/2026