Global Trends in Mineral Commodity Supplies?

• The U.S. is increasingly reliant on supply of mineral raw materials from other countries.
• Advanced technologies are increasingly making use of nearly the entire periodic table of the elements.
• Dynamic studies of critical and strategic mineral supply and demand can identify emerging potential supply risks.
• The USGS - National Minerals Information Center has assumed a leading role in mineral criticality studies.

Speaker: Steven Fortier, USGS National Minerals Information Center