The United States Department of Interior is proposing to add six “mineral commodities” to the list of critical minerals as part of the Trump administration’s effort to incentivize domestic production and processing of metals, minerals, and rare earth elements vital to the nation’s economy and national defense.
Potash, silicon, copper, silver, rhenium, and lead are recommended by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for inclusion on the list, which will be formally posted in the Federal Register on Aug. 26.
Arsenic and tellurium, defined as critical minerals on the USGS’s 2022 Critical Minerals List, are recommended for removal from the draft list posted Aug. 25….
US Proposes Adding Copper, Potash, 4 Others to Critical Minerals List
