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Critical Minerals Alaska – PGEs
The six platinum group elements – platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium, and osmium – are amongst the rarest metals on Earth. This scarcity, coupled with PGEs' uses... — Updated 5/22/2018 Full story
Critical Minerals Alaska – Tin
Primarily associated with cans, cups and roofs, tin may not be the flashiest metal on the market, but it has been a strategic metal that has defined human progress since the onset... — Updated 4/6/2018 Full story
Critical Minerals Alaska – Rare Earths
Before color televisions hit the markets in the 1960s, rare earths where a curious group of elements that had the distinction of occupying their own separate section at the bottom... — Updated 3/16/2018 Full story
Critical Minerals Alaska – Graphite
Graphite is among the 23 metals and minerals the U.S. Geological Survey deemed critical to "the national economy and national security of the United States" in a December report,... — Updated 2/23/2018 Full story
Alaska's critical mineral potential
The Trump Administration's focus on securing domestic sources of critical minerals could help re-invigorate mineral exploration and mine development in Alaska. At least 15 of the... — Updated 2/24/2018 Full story
