Pentagon sought fresh supply of 13 critical minerals day before Iran attack
Geopolitics · Kitco ·
The Pentagon requested proposals from mining companies to boost domestic supplies of 13 critical minerals used in semiconductors and weapons, with a March 20 deadline. The list includes arsenic, bismuth, gadolinium, germanium, graphite, hafnium, nickel, samarium, tungsten, vanadium, ytterbium, yttrium, and zirconium, with projects potentially receiving $100M to over $500M in development funds.