WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Geological Survey has issued a notice called: 2025 Draft List of Critical Minerals.
The notice was published in the Federal Register on Aug. 26 by Sarah J. Ryker, Acting Director, U.S. Geological Survey.
Summary: The United States remains heavily dependent on imports of certain mineral commodities that are vital to the Nation's economic and national security interests. This dependency has the potential to create strategic vulnerabilities arising from adverse foreign actions, pandemics, natural disasters, or other events that can disrupt the supply of critical minerals. The Department of the Interior (DOI) published Lists of Critical Minerals in 2018 1and 2022. 2Section 7002 of the Energy Act of 2020 requires the U....