The investment, part of President Donald Trump’s America First Energy Agenda, marks one of the largest federal commitments to land restoration and economic revitalization in coal-producing regions.
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright announced the designation of coal used in the production of steel as a critical material under the Energy Act of 2020.
This decision permits the Navajo Transitional Energy Company (NTEC) to extract an additional 39.9 million tons of federal coal and supports 280 full-time jobs.