Final 2025 List of Critical Minerals

In forceCritical-mineral designation

Summary

The USGS, through the Department of the Interior, finalized the 2025 List of Critical Minerals: 60 minerals in total, with ten added in 2025 (boron, copper, lead, metallurgical coal, phosphate, potash, rhenium, silicon, silver and uranium) on the basis of new data, public feedback and interagency recommendations. Designation drives permitting priority, funding eligibility and supply-chain attention; it is not itself an export control.

Analytical significance

The principal US instrument is designation, paired with funding and offtake — the mirror image of China's control-and-license posture. Several 2025 additions (notably copper, metallurgical coal and uranium) reflect interagency and executive direction that goes beyond the USGS quantitative screening methodology, signalling a more security-driven definition of 'critical'.

Framing anchors

Official framing, classified only from quoted passages.

Framing anchorSupply-chain resilienceEconomic security

By working with the mineral industry and state partners, we are ensuring that the minerals powering our energy, defense, and technology supply chains are mined and processed in the United States.

U.S. Department of the InteriorPrimary sourceEnglish original

Attributed to U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum in the Department of the Interior press release announcing the final 2025 list.

Affected materials

Rare earth elements (grouped)稀土元素 Dysprosium镝 Terbium铽 Neodymium钕 Praseodymium镨 Gallium镓 Germanium锗 Graphite石墨 Antimony锑 Tungsten钨 Lithium锂 Cobalt钴 Nickel镍

Related events

Events touching the same materials.

9 Oct 2026EUCommission Decision recognising 46 critical raw material projects in the EU as Strategic Projects under the Critical Raw Materials Act 7 Sep 2026JPCertification of Japan New Metals' critical-minerals supply-assurance plan for tungsten under the Economic Security Promotion Act 25 Aug 2026GBNational Wealth Fund backs Tungsten West to unlock critical UK tungsten supply 29 Jul 2026JPCertification of Santoku's critical-minerals supply-assurance plan for rare earths under the Economic Security Promotion Act 23 Jul 2026JPEstablishment of a Special Purpose Company for Heavy Rare Earth Development in the Republic of Namibia and Investment by JOGMEC 7 Jul 2026CACanada Growth Fund and Teck strategic investment framework for Trail strategic metals expansion

Sources (3)

Interior Department releases final 2025 List of Critical Minerals

Primary source

U.S. Department of the Interior

OfficialenPublished 7 Nov 2025Accessed 10 Jun 2026

Department of the Interior press release announcing the final 2025 list; source of the attributed Secretary Burgum quotation.

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https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/interior-department-releases-final-2025-list-critical-minerals

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Interior Department releases final 2025 List of Critical Minerals

Primary source

U.S. Geological Survey

OfficialenPublished 7 Nov 2025Accessed 10 Jun 2026

USGS announcement of the final 2025 list (60 minerals; ten added in 2025).

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https://www.usgs.gov/news/science-snippet/interior-department-releases-final-2025-list-critical-minerals

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