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35 minerals critical to the United States

Aluminum to zirconium, list includes minerals deemed vital to national, economic security; Alaska is prospective for most North of 60 Mining News – June 1, 2018

In a report published in December, the United States Geological Survey defined critical minerals as non-fuel minerals or mineral materials essential to the economic and national security of the United States; vulnerable to supply chain disruptions; and serve an essential function in the manufacturing of a product, the absence of which would have significant consequences for the U.S. economy or sec...

 

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