May 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. Interior Department said on

Monday it will fast-track environmental permitting for Anfield

Energy's ( ANLDF ) proposed Velvet-Wood uranium mine project in

Utah to boost President Donald Trump's efforts to ramp up

domestic energy production.

As a result, the project's environmental review will be

completed in just 14 days, the department said in a statement.

Such studies typically take years because of the potential

environmental effects of uranium mining.

"America is facing an alarming energy emergency because of

the prior administration's climate extremist policies. President

Trump and his administration are responding with speed and

strength to solve this crisis," said Secretary of the Interior

Doug Burgum.

"The expedited mining project review represents exactly the

kind of decisive action we need to secure our energy future," he

said.

If approved, the Velvet-Wood mine project in San Juan County

would produce uranium, used in both nuclear energy and nuclear

weapons production, as well as vanadium, a metal than can be

used in batteries or to strengthen steel and other alloys.

The Interior Department said the project would be located at

the site of a previous mining operation and lead to only three

acres of new surface disturbance.

Anfield also owns the Shootaring Canyon uranium mill in

Utah, which it intends to restart. That mill would convert

uranium ore into uranium concentrate that could be used as a

nuclear fuel.

The company did not immediately respond to a request for

comment.