Mineral Commodities with Net Import Reliance on China
USGS collects the Nation’s data on the global production, supply, demand and trade of minerals to inform strategic policy, trade and land-use decisions.
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Mineral Commodities with Net Import Reliance on China
USGS collects the Nation’s data on the global production, supply, demand and trade of minerals to inform strategic policy, trade and land-use decisions.
Mineral Commodities with Net Import Reliance on China
USGS collects the Nation’s data on the global production, supply, demand and trade of minerals to inform strategic policy, trade and land-use decisions.
Gallium is used in gallium arsenide and gallium nitride compound semiconductors. There is additional production capacity for gallium outside China with the potential to produce gallium in Germany, Kazakhstan and South Korea in response to China’s gallium export ban to the U.S.
Gallium is used in gallium arsenide and gallium nitride compound semiconductors. There is additional production capacity for gallium outside China with the potential to produce gallium in Germany, Kazakhstan and South Korea in response to China’s gallium export ban to the U.S.
The National Minerals Information Center:
The National Minerals Information Center:
Schematic diagram of water flow for conventional flotation processing of copper ores from Bleiwas, D.I., 2012, Estimated water requirements for the conventional flotation of copper ores: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012–1089, 13 p., available at https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/ofr20121089
Schematic diagram of water flow for conventional flotation processing of copper ores from Bleiwas, D.I., 2012, Estimated water requirements for the conventional flotation of copper ores: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012–1089, 13 p., available at https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/ofr20121089
USGS leads the government in developing the List of Critical Minerals. UGS is required to update the List at least once every three years. The process for developing the List of Critical Minerals is laid out in the Energy Act of 2020 (Section 7002).
Process
Formulation and expert input
USGS leads the government in developing the List of Critical Minerals. UGS is required to update the List at least once every three years. The process for developing the List of Critical Minerals is laid out in the Energy Act of 2020 (Section 7002).
Process
Formulation and expert input
Mineral Supply Risk Analysis for the 2022 List of Critical Minerals
The USGS leads the government in developing the List of Critical Minerals, using a data-driven methodology to assess mineral supply risk.
Critical minerals are essential the Nation’s economy and security, and have supply chains vulnerable to disruption.
Mineral Supply Risk Analysis for the 2022 List of Critical Minerals
The USGS leads the government in developing the List of Critical Minerals, using a data-driven methodology to assess mineral supply risk.
Critical minerals are essential the Nation’s economy and security, and have supply chains vulnerable to disruption.
The National Minerals Information Center, the primary agency for collecting and analyzing nonfuel minerals information, releases the 2017 Mineral Commodity Summaries, a collection of reports on over 85 commodities essential to the U.S. economy and national security.
The National Minerals Information Center, the primary agency for collecting and analyzing nonfuel minerals information, releases the 2017 Mineral Commodity Summaries, a collection of reports on over 85 commodities essential to the U.S. economy and national security.
JoAnn Holloway, biogeochemist with the USGS Mineral Resources Program, explains how interdisciplinary science can help better inform the conditions of a complex ecosystem.
JoAnn Holloway, biogeochemist with the USGS Mineral Resources Program, explains how interdisciplinary science can help better inform the conditions of a complex ecosystem.