Critical Minerals and U.S. Public Policy

Securing Critical Minerals Supply Is Key to US Climate Action

Critical minerals such as lithium, graphite, rare earth elements and cobalt are essential building blocks for a clean economy.

The US strategy on critical minerals needs clearer priorities | PIIE

The US government created the critical minerals list to understand US vulnerability to disruption in global supplies of minerals and metals ...

U.S. Geological Survey Releases 2022 List of Critical Minerals

The United States Geological Survey has released a new list of 50 mineral commodities critical to the US economy and national security.

DOE Invests $75 Million to Strengthen Nation's Critical Minerals ...

Funding will establish a Critical Materials Supply Chain Research Facility for a resilient, diverse, and secure domestic supply of critical ...

A Critical Minerals Policy for the United States - The Aspen Institute

A US critical minerals strategy must set out to achieve two objectives. First, it must seek to responsibly increase domestic and global production and ...

Pending Legislation | U.S. Department of the Interior

H.R. 6395, Recognizing the Importance of Critical Minerals in Healthcare Act of 2023 H.R. 8446, To amend the Energy Act of 2020 to include ...

Wittman Leads First Critical Minerals Policy Working Group ...

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (R-VA-01) led the inaugural roundtable discussion of the House Select Committee on the Strategic ...

2022 Final List of Critical Minerals - Federal Register

By this notice, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), presents the 2022 final ...

Critical Minerals: Status, Challenges, and Policy Options for ...

Critical minerals like lithium and cobalt feed technologies that keep the U.S. economy running. But other countries control much of the ...

U.S. Governance on Critical Minerals NEW SECURITY BRIEF

The 118th Congress has the opportunity to promote U.S. economic competitiveness and strengthen national security by increasing supplies of these minerals at ...

Introducing the Critical Minerals Policy Tracker – Analysis - IEA

As the world transitions towards net zero emissions, the rapid scale-up of clean energy technologies is expected to boost demand for many ...

Critical Minerals | U.S. Department of Commerce

The Energy Act of 2020 defines a “critical mineral” as a non-fuel mineral or mineral material essential to the economic or national security of the U.S. and ...

United States and Japan Sign Critical Minerals Agreement

The Agreement builds on the 2019 US-Japan Trade Agreement and will strengthen and diversify critical minerals supply chains and promote the adoption of ...

Department of Commerce | NSTC Critical Minerals Subcommittee

Five Commerce bureaus and programs have responsibilities focused on supporting resilient and secure supply chains of critical minerals.

Ensuring supply reliability and resiliency - International Energy Agency

Introducing the Critical Minerals Policy Tracker - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.

Addressing the Threat to the Domestic Supply Chain From Reliance ...

A strong America cannot be dependent on imports from foreign adversaries for the critical minerals that are increasingly necessary to maintain our economic and ...

Critical Minerals of the United States | U.S. Geological Survey

USGS geologists provide the latest and greatest on the geology and resources of 23 mineral commodities deemed critical to the economy and security of the ...

Assessment of Critical Minerals: Updated Application of Screening ...

The purpose of the NSTC Committee on Environment, Natural Resources, and Sustainability. (CENRS), Subcommittee on Critical and Strategic Mineral Supply Chains ...

Minerals, Critical Minerals, and the U.S. Economy

This book develops such a methodology and suggests an enhanced federal initiative to collect and analyze the additional data needed to support this type of ...

Reframing U.S. Public Policy Toward Critical Minerals and Materials

First, the energy transitions are at risk if the lack of production capacity of the right type leads to insufficient development and deployment ...