[ExI] US Tech Manufacturing Depends on 23 Rare Minerals—and Their Supply Is at Risk

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"The US has made no secret of its growing uneasiness over its reliance on
China for rare-earth minerals
<https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-rareearth-explainer/u-s-dependence-on-chinas-rare-earth-trade-war-vulnerability-idUSKCN1TS3AQ>
, key ingredients in everything from smartphones to satellites. In 2017,
President Trump issued an executive order that led to the U.S. National
Science and Technology Council releasing a list of 35 minerals
<https://www.usgs.gov/news/interior-releases-2018-s-final-list-35-minerals-deemed-critical-us-national-security-and>
critical to the US economy whose supply could be vulnerable to disruption."

"Now researchers at the US Geological Survey have gone a step further by
assessing which of these minerals pose the greatest supply risk to
America’s manufacturing sector. In a paper in *Science Advances*
<https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/8/eaay8647>, they list 23
minerals at risk of supply disruption that could bring the country’s
ability to produce some high tech products (including rechargeable
batteries, thin-film solar panels, and permanent magnets) grinding to a
halt."

"The researchers looked at data on 52 minerals between 2007–2016 and
considered 3 key risks: how dependent US manufacturers are on foreign
supplies, how likely those supplies are to be disrupted, and how easily
manufacturers could weather those disruptions."


https://singularityhub.com/2020/02/24/how-the-supply-of-23-rare-minerals-could-derail-us-tech-manufacturing/
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