How Demand-Side Policies in the Keystone Industries Can Help Revive the US Mineral Industry: A Case Study of the US Automotive Industry

  • Author: Gregory Wischer, Dei Gratia Minerals
  • Session: What are the National Security Consequences of U.S. Dependence on Imported Critical Minerals and Battery Supply Chains?

Critical minerals are necessary in applications across core industries, from the defense industrial
base to the automotive industry.1 Nickel, for example, is used in the steel pressure hulls of attack
submarines and the lithium-ion batteries of electric vehicles.

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