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U.S. Critical Minerals


There are 35 minerals deemed critical to U.S. National Security. Under Executive Order by the President of the United States, these commodities qualify as “critical minerals” because  each has been identified as  a non-fuel mineral, or mineral material that is essential to the economic and national security of the United States, that has a supply chain vulnerable to disruption, and that serves an essential function in the manufacturing of a product, the absence of which would have significant consequences for the economy or national security.​

Itronics Inc. is currently recovering 4 of these critical minerals, which are noted in bold text below.

The full list of U.S. critical minerals includes the following:
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  1. Aluminum (bauxite), used in almost all sectors of the economy
  2. Antimony, used in batteries and flame retardants
  3. Arsenic, used in lumber preservatives, pesticides, and semi-conductors
  4. Barite, used in cement and petroleum industries
  5. Beryllium, used as an alloying agent in aerospace and defense industries
  6. Bismuth, used in medical and atomic research
  7. Cesium, used in research and development
  8. Chromium, used primarily in stainless steel and other alloys
  9. Cobalt, used in rechargeable batteries and superalloys
  10. Fluorspar, used in the manufacture of aluminum, gasoline, and uranium fuel
  11. Gallium, used for integrated circuits and optical devices like LEDs
  12. Germanium, used for fiber optics and night vision applications
  13. Graphite (natural), used for lubricants, batteries, and fuel cells
  14. Hafnium, used for nuclear control rods, alloys, and high-temperature ceramics
  15. Helium, used for MRIs, lifting agent, and research
  16. Indium, mostly used in LCD screens
  17. Lithium, used primarily for batteries
  18. Magnesium, used in furnace linings for manufacturing steel and ceramics
  19. Manganese, used in steelmaking
  20. Niobium, used mostly in steel alloys
  21. Platinum group metals, used for catalytic agents
  22. Potash, primarily used as a fertilizer
  23. Rare earth elements group, primarily used in batteries and electronics
  24. Rhenium, used for lead-free gasoline and superalloys
  25. Rubidium, used for research and development in electronics
  26. Scandium, used for alloys and fuel cells
  27. Strontium, used for pyrotechnics and ceramic magnets
  28. Tantalum, used in electronic components, mostly capacitors
  29. Tellurium, used in steelmaking and solar cells
  30. Tin, used as protective coatings and alloys for steel
  31. Titanium, overwhelmingly used as a white pigment or metal alloys
  32. Tungsten, primarily used to make wear-resistant metals
  33. Uranium, mostly used for nuclear fuel
  34. Vanadium, primarily used for titanium alloys
  35. Zirconium, used in the high-temperature ceramics industries

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