Publications

The Center publishes analyses critical to national security on domestic and international mineral supply chains.

Mineral statistics

World map showing countries the US relied on for mineral imports from 2020-23.

The Minerals Yearbook, Mineral Commodity Summaries, Mineral Industry Surveys, and more periodicals.

Materials flow

Reports on materials flow -- the movement of materials through a supply chain, from extraction to processing to finished product.

Access publications

Specialty

Infographic showing the National Minerals Information Center By-the-Numbers. Click for accessible text.

Facts sheets on mineral commodities, materials flow, and supply chain topics.

Access publications

Filter Total Items: 763

Publication Type

Node Release Date

States

Fulltext search

May 7, 2021

Methodology and technical input for the 2021 review and revision of the U.S. Critical Minerals List Methodology and technical input for the 2021 review and revision of the U.S. Critical Minerals List

Pursuant to Section 7002 (“Mineral Security”) of Title VII (“Critical Minerals”) of the Energy Act of 2020 (Public Law 116–260, December 27, 2020, 116th Cong.), the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey, is tasked with reviewing and revising the methodology used to evaluate mineral criticality and the U.S. Critical Minerals List no less than...

Authors

Nedal T. Nassar, Steven M. Fortier

Geology, Energy, and Minerals Mission Area, National Minerals Information Center

May 1, 2021

Mining review Mining review

No abstract available.

National Minerals Information Center

May 1, 2021

USGS 2020 critical minerals review USGS 2020 critical minerals review

Concerns about the lack of domestic production and availability of essential mineral raw materials were a recurring theme throughout the 20th century, particularly in the periods around armed conflicts (Congressional Research Service, 2019). These concerns resulted in the designation of particular minerals as “strategic” or “critical,” terms that commonly depend on the perspective of the...

Authors

Steven M. Fortier, Nedal T. Nassar, Karen D. Kelley, Graham W. Lederer, Jeffrey L. Mauk, Jane M. Hammarstrom, Warren C. Day, Robert R. Seal,

Mineral Resources Program, National Minerals Information Center

February 24, 2021

Mineral commodity summaries 2021 Mineral commodity summaries 2021

Authors

National Minerals Information Center

December 7, 2020

Investigation of U.S. Foreign Reliance on Critical Minerals—U.S. Geological Survey technical input document in response to Executive Order No. 13953 Signed September 30, 2020 Investigation of U.S. Foreign Reliance on Critical Minerals—U.S. Geological Survey technical input document in response to Executive Order No. 13953 Signed September 30, 2020

Over the past few decades (1990–2019), the United States has become reliant on foreign sources to meet domestic demand for a large and growing number of mineral commodities. In combination with recent trends towards progressively concentrated supply of mineral commodities from a limited number of countries, this heightened import reliance may increase the risk to the United States...

Authors

Nedal T. Nassar, Elisa Alonso, Jamie L. Brainard

National Minerals Information Center

November 23, 2020

U.S. mineral supply chain security in the age of pandemics and trade wars U.S. mineral supply chain security in the age of pandemics and trade wars

Modern technology makes use of numerous mineral commodities whose production is concentrated in a few countries. New research identifies the commodities whose supply disruption poses the greatest risk to the manufacturing sector. While the analysis is applied to the U.S. manufacturing sector, the principles are equally applicable to other economies heavily reliant on imported mineral...

Authors

Nedal Nassar, Steven M. Fortier

National Minerals Information Center

October 26, 2020

Meeting the challenge: U.S. Geological Survey North Atlantic and Appalachian Region fiscal year 2020 in review Meeting the challenge: U.S. Geological Survey North Atlantic and Appalachian Region fiscal year 2020 in review

The utilization, preservation, and conservation of the Nation’s resources requires well-informed management decisions. The North Atlantic and Appalachian Region (NAAR) of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) supports science-based decision making for Federal, State, and local policymakers to meet the challenges of today and into the future. The science centers in the NAAR have well-deserved

Authors