At The Leadership Table, host and MCM Board Member Major General James A. Hoyer sits down with Steve Dunmead, CEO of Mission Critical Materials, to explore leadership, innovation, and the future of critical materials in West Virginia. Steve discusses the challenges of the United States’ reliance on foreign sources for rare earth elements and how Mission Critical Materials is working to build a domestic supply by recovering these valuable materials from acid mine drainage. He shares his vision for the future of this technology and the impact he hopes it can have in West Virginia and beyond.
In this segment, Steve explains the risks of relying on foreign supply chains for critical materials and how domestic processing can turn West Virginia’s resources into essential materials. He also shares three key leadership lessons passed down from his father that he still uses as guidance to lead.