Baystreet.ca - Reliance on Foreign Critical Minerals Sparks National Emergency in US to Develop Domestic Supplies
Reliance on Foreign Critical Minerals Sparks National Emergency in US to Develop Domestic Supplies VANCOUVER – USA News Group – Drastic times call for desperate measures, and that is why the recent Executive Order signed by the sitting US President is addressing a national emergency in the mining industry. A critical mineral gap is causing an alarming reliance on foreign adversaries—in most cases China. The production of a whopping 18 of the 35 minerals officially listed are dominated by China, and two more (cesium and rubidium) have their largest production from a Chinese-owned m...