Published August 25, 2025 | Version v1
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Appendices for "Methodology and Technical Input for the 2025 U.S. List of Critical Minerals—Assessing the Potential Effects of Mineral Commodity Supply Chain Disruptions on the U.S. Economy"

Authors/Creators

  • 1. U.S. Geological Survey
  • 2. Akima Systems Engineering, under contract to the U.S. Geological Survey

Description

The files represented the pre-print version of the appendices of the U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2025-1047 titled "Methodology and Technical Input for the 2025 U.S. List of Critical Minerals—Assessing the Potential Effects of Mineral Commodity Supply Chain Disruptions on the U.S. Economy." The appendices contain the following information:

  • Appendix 1. World production and production capacity data 
  • Appendix 2. U.S. trade data of mineral commodities
  • Appendix 3. Prices and price elasticities of supply and demand
  • Appendix 4. Mineral commodity consumption by application and associated industry 
  • Appendix 5. Python implementation of economic impacts model
  • Appendix 6. Natural breaks classification

This information product has been peer reviewed and approved for publication as a preprint by the U.S. Geological Survey. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. 

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Appendices for Methodology and Technical Input for the 2025 U.S. List of Critical Minerals.pdf

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Report: 10.3133/ofr20251047 (DOI)

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2025-08-25
Preprint of appendicies