Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Workers at a nickel processing plant operated by PT Vale Indonesia on July 28, 2023 in Sorowako, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. The ...

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 ...

The US Department of the Interior (DoI), through the US Geological Survey (USGS), has released the draft 2025 List of Critical Minerals along with a report detailing a new framework for evaluating how ...

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 fertilizer industry and a raft of farm groups are backing legislation that would add phosphate and potash to the list of minerals considered “critical” to U.S. national security, arguing that too ...

Commodity groups, ag trade associations and private companies appealed to administration officials on Thursday to designate key fertilizer and herbicide inputs as “critical minerals” to shore up ...