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  • Trump cites heavy dependence on China for rare earths graphite gallium

    Trump declares critical mineral emergency

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 10, 2022

    President Donald Trump has declared America's heavy reliance on adversarial nations for critical minerals a national emergency that threatens the security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States. The President made this emergency declaration in the Sept. 30 "Executive order on addressing the threat to the domestic supply chain from reliance on critical minerals from foreign adversaries." Trump says, "a strong America cannot be dependent on imports from foreign advers...

  • Ucore Dotson Ridge REE critical minerals deposit

    Ucore unveils Alaska2023 rare earths plan

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 10, 2022

    Seeking to alleviate the United States' heavy reliance on China for its supply of the rare earth elements needed for a broad range of high-tech applications, Ucore Rare Metals Inc. has rolled out a strategy to begin producing REEs in Alaska in three years. Dubbed Alaska2023, this business plan aims to build the Alaska Strategic Metals Complex, a commercial-scale RapidSX rare earths separation and purification plant in Southeast Alaska, by 2023. This processing facility is the...