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## The Development of China's Monopoly Over Cobalt Battery Materials

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## Mineral Commodity Summaries 2024

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## Compilation of Geospatial Data (GIS) for the Mineral Industries and Related Infrastructure of the People's Republic of China

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## China, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and artisanal cobalt mining from 2000 through 2020 

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## Embedded Critical Material Flow: The Case of Niobium, the United States, and China

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##  Materials Flow in the United States—A Global Context, 1900–2020

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## Global Tellurium Supply Potential from Electrolytic Copper Refining

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## Investigation of U.S. Foreign Reliance on Critical Minerals

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# National Minerals Information Center

Statistics and information on the worldwide supply of, demand for, and flow of minerals and materials essential to the U.S. economy, the national security, and protection of the environment.

### Statistical Periodicals

On-line statistical and economic publications designed to provide timely statistical data on production, distribution, stocks, and consumption of significant mineral commodities. 

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### Materials Flow

Understanding the whole system of materials flow, from source to ultimate disposition, can help us better manage the use of natural resources and protect the environment, and ensure a supply of critical minerals.

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Contributions of data by mineral industry companies through canvass forms completed annually, monthly, or quarterly are the basis of U.S. mineral industry publications. Information can be accessed through the following major categories. 

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## News

USGS Releases Mineral Commodity Summaries 2024, finds US Mineral Production Jumped 4 billion to exceed 105 billion dollars

January 31, 2024

####   USGS Releases Mineral Commodity Summaries 2024, finds US Mineral Production Jumped 4 billion to exceed 105 billion dollars

USGS Records Nonfuel Mineral Production Jump of $3.6 Billion in 2022

February 2, 2023

####   USGS Records Nonfuel Mineral Production Jump of $3.6 Billion in 2022

The USGS Seeks Public Comment on Helium Supply Risk

January 27, 2023

####   The USGS Seeks Public Comment on Helium Supply Risk

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## Publications

July 30, 2024

####                 Quantitative risk of earthquake disruption to global copper and rhenium supply              

Natural Hazards Mission Area, Earthquake Hazards Program, Geologic Hazards Science Center, National Minerals Information Center

July 2, 2024

####                 Geospatial PDF map of the compilation of GIS data for the mineral industries and related infrastructure of Africa              

National Minerals Information Center, International Programs

June 10, 2024

####                 The development of China’s monopoly over cobalt battery materials              

National Minerals Information Center

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## Science

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September 5, 2023

####                 Mineral Resources Program Projects              

Energy and Minerals Mission Area, Mineral Resources Program, National Minerals Information Center

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September 5, 2023

####   Mineral Resources Program Projects

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