WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Blue Whale Materials, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, has submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security regarding its Section 232 national security investigation of imports of processed critical minerals and derivative products. Blue Whale Materials utilizes proprietary technology to recover up to 98% of critical minerals like lithium, cobalt and nickel from batteries, converting them into a high-value blacksand product used in manufacturing  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release: * * * Business Owner Sentenced After Receiving More than $1.6 Million in Funds from the CARES Act * A former Oklahoma man with business ties in Florida was sentenced today after pleading guilty to four counts of bank fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.  U.S. District Judge Sara E. Hill sentenced Shawn Ray Murnan, 57, of Windemere, Florida, to 33 months imprisonment, followed by five years   more