The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has finalized its List of Critical Minerals for 2025, updating its 2022 list. The list of 60 minerals features 10 new minerals, including copper for the first time.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has released its list of 50 mineral commodities critical to the U.S. economy and national security after performing what it calls an extensive multiagency assessment ...

A partnership between the federal government and state geological surveys, Earth MRI was established in 2019 with the goal of improving America’s knowledge of its “critical mineral” resources, a list ...

Minerals are deemed “critical” based on their importance to U.S. economic or national security, supply chain vulnerabilities, and essential role in manufacturing. The comment period provides ...

To strengthen the national security supply chain, the U.S. government has revamped a proposed critical mineral list with six new additions that have implications for key industries. The U.S.

Refined tellurium, a rare mineral, in Utah that came from discarded mine tailings. It will be used to make solar panels. The U.S. government took a large step to retrieve critical minerals from mine ...

On Nov. 7, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) finalized its 2025 Critical Minerals List. The final list includes all 50 minerals that appeared on the 2022 Critical Minerals List, plus 10 new ...

A photo of a NASA ER-2 high-altitude aircraft with the AVIRIS and HyTES instruments installed. Credit: NASA NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) will map portions of the southwest United States ...

The U.S. Geological Survey has proposed to remove uranium and four other minerals from the national list of critical minerals, and add two minerals, nickel and zinc. The U.S. Geological Survey has ...

New Mexico's Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources is partnering with the U.S. Geological Survey to map mineral resources in southern New Mexico. The effort is part of the Earth Mapping Resources ...