On December 20, 2017, in Executive Order 13817, President Donald Trump directed the Secretary of the Interior to publish a list of minerals deemed critical to U.S. national security and the economy. On February 16 this year, Interior published a draft list (compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey) of 35 minerals seen as critical to the U.S.
Here they are:
List of minerals deemed critical to U.S. national security and the economy
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior
Underthe president’s executive order, a critical mineral was identified to be: “…a non-fuel mineral or mineral materialessential to the economic and national security of the United States, thesupply chain of which is vulnerable to disruption, and that serves an essentialfunction in the manufacturing of a product, the absence of which would havesignificant consequences for the economy or national security.”1
“Critical”? I might also call them “strategic”.
1U.S. Department of the Interior: Interior Seeks Public Comment on Draft List of 35 Minerals Deemed Critical to U.S. National Security and the Economy, February 16, 2018, https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/interior-seeks-public-comment-draft-list-35-minerals-deemed-critical-us-nationalGet the latest news & insights from MarketVector
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