The U.S. relies heavily on China for imports, while its other adversaries have significant reserves of the increasingly crucial elements.
Favorable geological formations and historic mining activity give some states a significant edge in producing critical ...
Bernard Hubbard didn’t set out to map minerals. As a geology PhD student at UB, he used satellite and airborne instruments to study volcanoes from above. Later, as a research geologist with the United ...
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has released the first World Minerals Outlook assessing global production capacity for seven critical minerals and helium over the next five years.