North American net import reliance of mineral materials in 2014 for advanced technologies

Mining Engineering
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Abstract

The U.S. Geological Survey and Natural Resources Canada conducted a study on the net import reliance of each North American country, and the impact of North American trade on the net import reliance of 12 nonfuel mineral commodities that are associated with advanced technology products: cadmium, cobalt, gallium, germanium, graphite, indium, lithium, nickel, rare earth elements, selenium, silver and tellurium. The combined results for North America, using 2014 data, showed greatly reduced net import reliance for nearly all of the commodities evaluated, which is largely the result of pooling the resources of production and recovery in Canada and Mexico of materials that are consumed in the United States. This study highlights the mitigation of potential supply risk for critical materials that results from trade within the North American trade bloc.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title North American net import reliance of mineral materials in 2014 for advanced technologies
Series title Mining Engineering
DOI 10.19150/ME.8365
Volume 70
Issue 7
Year Published 2018
Language English
Publisher Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration
Contributing office(s) National Minerals Information Center
Description 6 p.
First page 107
Last page 112
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