Abigail Hunter, the executive director of the Minerals Center at Securing America’s Future Energy, a nonprofit, said that the Trump administration had been “really proactive in trying to solve these problems” but that it would take time for the United States to develop an alternative supply chain for critical minerals.
Threats to U.S. mineral supplies will just “keep happening until we shift our thinking on how important these kind of trace materials are,” she said, adding, “You’re only as strong as your weakest supply chain link.”Threats to U.S. mineral supplies will just “keep happening until we shift our thinking on how important these kind of trace materials are,” she said, adding, “You’re only as strong as your weakest supply chain link.”
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