The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has released its list of 50 mineral commodities critical to the U.S. economy and national security after performing what it calls an extensive multiagency assessment ...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has finalized its List of Critical Minerals for 2025, updating its 2022 list. The list of 60 minerals features 10 new minerals, including copper for the first time.

A partnership between the federal government and state geological surveys, Earth MRI was established in 2019 with the goal of improving America’s knowledge of its “critical mineral” resources, a list ...

To strengthen the national security supply chain, the U.S. government has revamped a proposed critical mineral list with six new additions that have implications for key industries. The U.S.

A photo of a NASA ER-2 high-altitude aircraft with the AVIRIS and HyTES instruments installed. Credit: NASA NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) will map portions of the southwest United States ...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the federal, science-based agency that assesses the mineral resources of the United States and tracks production, use and trade data of 100 minerals, is pursuing a ...

This study will examine the U.S. Geological Survey's Mineral Resources Program (MRP) science portfolio to address how it needs to evolve to meet current and future U.S. mineral resources data and ...

Minerals are deemed “critical” based on their importance to U.S. economic or national security, supply chain vulnerabilities, and essential role in manufacturing. The comment period provides ...

America’s blue economy made strides with the federal release of a new guide to critical seafloor minerals within U.S. waters for use in batteries, stainless steel and other manufacturing. Interior ...

The U.S. Geological Survey has proposed to remove uranium and four other minerals from the national list of critical minerals, and add two minerals, nickel and zinc. The U.S. Geological Survey has ...