mineral
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Department of Interior’s list of critical minerals this year, given copper’s role in wiring, power generation and electrical transmissions, all which are essential to the AI buildout.
From MarketWatch
Beijing’s stranglehold on rare-earth minerals sparked new efforts to produce the raw materials integral to cars and gadgets.
The U.S. faces vulnerabilities in microelectronics, port cranes and large power transformers as well as in rare-earth minerals and the magnets made from them, all of which underpin economic activity and military readiness.
Now it has pivoted heavily into critical minerals amid high demand from sectors like artificial intelligence and defense.
The Bureau of Industry and Security is set to determine in January whether silver is a threat to national security as a critical mineral on which the U.S. has a 64% import reliance.
From MarketWatch
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