2025 Final List of Critical Minerals
World Minerals Outlook for Select Minerals through 2029
Scientific Investigations Report 2025-5021
Scientific Investigations Report 2025-5021
The Development of China's Monopoly Over Cobalt Battery Materials
Compilation of Geospatial Data (GIS) for the Mineral Industries and Related Infrastructure of the People's Republic of China
China, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and artisanal cobalt mining from 2000 through 2020
Embedded Critical Material Flow: The Case of Niobium, the United States, and China
Investigation of U.S. Foreign Reliance on Critical Minerals
National Minerals Information Center
Statistics and information on the worldwide supply of, demand for, and flow of minerals and materials essential to the U.S. economy, national security, and protection of the environment.
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Value of U.S. mineral production rose last year, driven by precious metals prices
Value of U.S. mineral production rose last year, driven by precious metals prices
Interior Department releases final 2025 List of Critical Minerals
Interior Department releases final 2025 List of Critical Minerals
Department of the Interior releases draft 2025 List of Critical Minerals
Department of the Interior releases draft 2025 List of Critical Minerals
Publications
Mineral commodity summaries 2026 Mineral commodity summaries 2026
Introduction Each mineral commodity chapter of the 2026 edition of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Mineral Commodity Summaries (MCS) includes information on events, trends, and issues for each mineral commodity as well as discussions and tabular presentations on domestic industry structure, Government programs, tariffs, 5-year salient statistics, and world production, reserves, and...
Quantitative mineral resource assessment of lithium pegmatite deposits in the Appalachian Orogen, USA Quantitative mineral resource assessment of lithium pegmatite deposits in the Appalachian Orogen, USA
Lithium is classified as a U.S. critical mineral commodity, and its demand is projected to drastically increase through 2040, driven by electric vehicle production and energy storage applications (IEA 2021).Most global lithium production is not in the United States increasing vulnerability to a supply disruption. The U.S. Geological Survey is actively assessing domestic lithium deposits...
Understanding market sensitivity: Estimation of supply and demand elasticities for non-fuel minerals Understanding market sensitivity: Estimation of supply and demand elasticities for non-fuel minerals
In today’s rapidly changing economic landscape, understanding market responsiveness to price changes and the factors influencing commodity prices has become increasingly relevant. Price elasticities serve as indicators of how variations in market conditions affect supply and demand, providing insights into the sensitivity of commodity markets to price fluctuations. This paper presents a
Science
What are Critical Minerals?
Critical minerals are essential to the economy and national security of the Nation and have supply chains that are vulnerable to disruption. The USGS leads the Federal government in developing the List of Critical Minerals and provides crucial and rich information about critical mineral availability, supply chains, and economic impacts. The USGS uses a cross-sectoral and data-driven approach to...
About the 2025 List of Critical Minerals
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