Mineral criticality is a subjective concept that has evolved throughout history. An abundance
of literature on this topic has been published over the last decade, encompassing a variety …

Historically, resource conflicts have often centered on fuel minerals (particularly oil). Future
resource conflicts may, however, focus more on competition for nonfuel minerals that enable …

Abstract The US Geological Survey National Minerals Information Center (NMIC) is the US
Government agency tasked with the collection, analysis, and dissemination of information on …

Annual Review 2020: Critical Minerals in material science have made nearly all the naturally
occurring elements in the periodic table increasingly important for a broad portfolio of …

Many changes have taken place in the mineral resource sector since the publication by the
US Geological Survey of Professional Paper 820,“United States Mineral Resources”(Brobst …

In today's complex global supply chains, time and data intensive analyses are required to
understand global flows of mineral commodities from mine to consumer, particularly for …

The transition to a low-carbon environment is rapidly accelerating and with it the potential for
severe environmental and social degradation. The extraction and processing of key …

This study aims to analyze the supply and demand trends and regional distribution
characteristics of the stone industry through transaction records of the domestic natural …

There have been debates for centuries on whether extractive industries have brought
resource curses or blessings to African countries. Some minerals, such as lithium, copper …

Minerals are foundational in warfighting. 1 They are used in defense platforms like attack
submarines, heavy bombers, and mobile missile launchers, and in munitions like submarine …