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

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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.

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

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

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Industrial garnet Industrial garnet

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Kenneth C. Curry
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Industrial diamond Industrial diamond

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Donald W. Olson
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Gypsum Gypsum

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Robert Crangle
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Gemstones Gemstones

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Donald W. Olson
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Fire clay Fire clay

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Jason C. Willett
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Diatomite Diatomite

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Robert Crangle
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Cement Cement

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Kenneth C. Curry
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Bromine Bromine

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Emily K. Schnebele
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Bauxite Bauxite

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E. Lee Bray
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Ball clay Ball clay

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Jason C. Willett
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Evaluating the mineral commodity supply risk of the U.S. manufacturing sector Evaluating the mineral commodity supply risk of the U.S. manufacturing sector

Trade tensions, resource nationalism, and various other factors are increasing concerns regarding the supply reliability of nonfuel mineral commodities. This is especially the case for commodities required for new and emerging technologies ranging from electric vehicles to wind turbines. In this analysis, we utilize a conventional risk-modeling framework to develop and apply a new...
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Nedal T. Nassar, Jamie Brainard, Andrew L. Gulley, Ross Manley, Grecia R. Matos, Graham W. Lederer, Laurence Bird, David G. Pineault, Elisa Alonso, Joseph Gambogi, Steven M. Fortier
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Mineral commodity summaries 2020 Mineral commodity summaries 2020

Each chapter of the 2020 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 and resources. The MCS is the earliest...
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