Abstract
Critical and strategic minerals have become increasingly important in U.S. government civilian and military policymaking in recent years. This is demonstrated by the heavy use of such minerals in many critical civilian and military infrastructures. This work will discuss how this subject has been addressed in laws, presidential documents, and works by government agencies along with congressional oversight committees and support agencies. It will stress how the United States is heavily dependent on strategic minerals from adversarial foreign countries such as China and will examine U.S. efforts to increase its ability to produce such materials in the United States by reforming permitting processes. It will conclude with recommendations for the United States to enhance its ability to produce these materials domestically and acquire them from reliable foreign sources. The conclusion will also suggest ways that the president and federal agency stakeholders can enhance public awareness of this problem and their efforts to rectify it.
Keywords
strategic minerals, supply chain, national security, technology, permitting, congressional oversight, government information, military information
Date of this Version
5-5-2025
Recommended Citation
Chapman, Bert, "Recent U.S. Government Policy Literature on Critical and Strategic Minerals" (2025). Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research. Paper 317.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/lib_fsdocs/317
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This is the publisher PDF of Chapman, B. (2025) "Recent U.S. Government Policy Literature on Critical and Strategic Minerals." Journal of Advanced Military Studies, 16(1): 43-71. Published open access, the version of record is also available at DOI: 10.21140/mcuj.20251601003.