2025 List of Critical Minerals

2025 List of Critical Minerals

The 2025 List of Critical Minerals includes 60 critical minerals. 50 of these were also included on the 2022 List of Critical Minerals, and 10 are new. There are 15 rare earth elements included on the List. 

The critical minerals, in alphabetical order, are below. Rare earth elements are denoted by an asterisk. 

ALUMINUM
ANTIMONY
ARSENIC
BARITE
BERYLLIUM
BISMUTH
BORON
CERIUM*
CESIUM
CHROMIUM
COBALT
COPPER
DYSPROSIUM*
ERBIUM*
EUROPIUM*
FLOURSPAR
GADOLINIUM*
GALLIUM
GERMANIUM
GRAPHITE

HAFNIUM
HOLMIUM*
INDIUM
IRIDIUM
LANTHANUM*
LEAD
LITHIUM
LUTETIUM*
MAGNESIUM
MANGANESE
METALLURGICAL COAL
NEODYMIUM*
NICKEL
NIOBIUM
PALLADIUM
PHOSPHATE
PLATINUM
POTASH
PRASEODYMIUM*
RHENIUM

RHODIUM
RUBIDIUM
RUTHENIUM
SAMARIUM*
SCANDIUM
SILICON
SILVER
TANTALUM
TELLURIUM
TERBIUM*
THULIUM*
TIN
TITANIUM
TUNGSTEN
URANIUM
VANADIUM
YTTERBIUM*
YTTRIUM*
ZINC
ZIRCONIUM