Materion asked by Chairman Murkowski to brief Senators about the
importance of critical minerals to U.S. military and U.S. economy
MAYFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 18, 2018--
Materion Corporation (NYSE:MTRN) yesterday testified before the
Committee on Energy & Natural Resources of the United States Senate
about the importance of critical minerals to the U.S. military and the
U.S. economy. Responding to an invitation from Chairman Murkowski of
Alaska, Materion Natural Resources President Greg Gregory testified to
the need for a whole-of-government approach to critical minerals.
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“We appreciate the opportunity that Chairman Murkowski offered us to
explain Materion’s part in the critical minerals supply chain, and we
were glad to brief the Committee about the importance of our industry
within the United States,” said Jugal K. Vijayvargiya, President and
Chief Executive Officer of Materion Corporation. “As a company that uses
25 of the critical minerals identified by the Department of the
Interior, including the critical and strategic material beryllium, we
have extensive knowledge of the U.S. critical minerals industry.”
Mr. Gregory noted that materials from Materion, a longtime supplier to
the U.S. government, can be found in military systems including optics,
airborne and space surveillance, ballistic missile defense, and
strategic weapons. As the representative of the largest industry
supplier on the panel, he also discussed with Senator Lee of Utah the
thousands of jobs within the United States supported by the beryllium
supply chain, including those at Materion’s beryllium mine in Delta,
Utah.
“Materion is pleased that Senators Lee and Murkowski and their
colleagues recognize the vital importance of critical minerals as well
as the significance of the only mine-to-mill supply chain for beryllium
in the world,” said Vijayvargiya. “We look forward to continued
engagement with the U.S. government to ensure security of supply for the
critical minerals that Materion has been producing for decades.”
About Materion:
Materion Corporation is headquartered in Mayfield Heights, Ohio. The
Company, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, supplies highly
engineered advanced enabling materials to global markets. Our unique
product portfolio includes high
performance alloys, beryllium
products, clad
metal strip, composite
metals, ceramics, inorganic
chemicals, microelectronics
packaging materials, precision
optics, thin
film coatings and thin
film deposition materials.
Learn more about Materion at (http://materion.com/About).
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