According to the International Energy Agency, global demand for critical minerals could more than double by 2030, and triple by 2050. The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that the U.S. is between 50% and 100% reliant on foreign sources, namely China and Chinese companies operating abroad, for these raw and processed critical minerals, creating major energy, economic, and security vulnerabilities.
There are some half a million abandoned mines across the country. With reinvestment, these assets could significantly reduce our dependence on foreign adversaries for these building blocks of modern society, bolstering our economic competitiveness, adding billions of dollars to our economy annually, creating numerous regional jobs, and revitalize communities affected by mine closures.
Watch our discussion with mining experts, private sector leaders, and policymakers designed to inform lawmakers on how to transform these languishing reservoirs into productive assets, establishing the U.S. as a player in global markets and breaking China’s monopoly over mineral supply chains critical to our national, economic, and energy security.
Featuring:
- Gen. Richard Cody (ret.), SAFE’s Energy Security Leadership Council
- Dr. Steve Feldgus, Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, U.S. Department of Interior
- Dr. Elizabeth Holley, Associate Professor of Mining Engineering, Colorado School of Mines
- Kate Sommerville, General Manager of Legacy Assents, BHP
- Luis Anderson, Global Lead for Copper, Hatch
- Moderated by: Abigail Hunter, Executive Director of SAFE’s Center for Critical Minerals Strategy
