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Strategies & Market Trends : Natural Resource Stocks
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From: Hugh Bett8/27/2025 10:41:31 PM
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U.S. adds 6 items to it's Critical Minerals List (including SILVER)
Critical minerals form the foundation of modern economies, powering everything from smartphones to electric vehicles and defense systems. The US government designates certain minerals as "critical" when they are essential to economic and national security but face potential supply chain vulnerabilities. These designations shape federal policy, investment priorities, and the permitting process overview.

According to the USGS, minerals-based industries contributed over $4 trillion to the US economy in 2024, highlighting their fundamental importance to America's economic health and national security framework.

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum emphasized that "strengthening America's economic and national security means securing the resources that fuel our way of life," pointing to the strategic imperative of reducing dependence on foreign adversaries for essential minerals.

The Department of the Interior's 2025 update represents a significant shift in how the US views its mineral dependencies, with several major additions that signal changing priorities in both economic and security considerations.

What's New in the 2025 Critical Minerals List?The draft 2025 list includes 54 minerals deemed critical to US economic and national security interests. This represents the most comprehensive assessment since the list's inception following a 2017 executive order that directed federal agencies to evaluate vulnerabilities in US mineral supply chains.

Six Notable New Additions:
  1. Copper – Essential for electrical infrastructure, renewable energy systems, and electric vehicles

  2. Silver – Critical for electronics, solar panels, and medical applications

  3. Potash – Vital for agricultural fertilizer production

  4. Silicon – Fundamental to semiconductor manufacturing

  5. Rhenium – Used in high-temperature superalloys for jet engines

  6. Lead – Important for batteries and radiation shielding

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