EMA Applauds Additions to the 2025 Final Critical Minerals List

Arlington, Va., Nov. 6, 2025 – The Essential Minerals Association (EMA) today applauds the Department of Interior (DOI) for the inclusion of six additional minerals to the government’s 2025 List of Critical Minerals, which will help boost domestic supply of minerals necessary to U.S. economic and national security.

“I am pleased to see the Department of the Interior recognizing the importance of these six additional minerals to America’s economy and national security,” said Chris Greissing, EMA president. “A strong, science-based Critical Minerals List is essential to ensuring the United States can meet growing demand for materials that power our energy systems, support defense technologies, and sustain domestic manufacturing. By continuing to expand the list, the federal government is taking an important step toward strengthening our mineral supply chains and reducing dependence on foreign sources.”

The final list adds arsenic, boron, metallurgical coal, phosphate, tellurium, and uranium to previous lists. The final list now includes the following 60 minerals: aluminum, antimony, arsenic, barite, beryllium, bismuth, boron, cerium, cesium, chromium, cobalt, copper, dysprosium, erbium, europium, fluorspar, gadolinium, gallium, germanium, graphite, hafnium, holmium, indium, iridium, lanthanum, lead, lithium, lutetium, magnesium, manganese, metallurgical coal, neodymium, nickel, niobium, palladium, phosphate, platinum, potash, praseodymium, rhenium, rhodium, rubidium, ruthenium, samarium, scandium, silicon, silver, tantalum, tellurium, terbium, thulium, tin, titanium, tungsten, uranium, vanadium, ytterbium, yttrium, zinc, and zirconium.

According to DOI, the list will guide federal strategy, investment, and permitting decisions designed to secure the minerals needed to drive the U.S. economy and protect national security. The List of Critical Minerals informs direct investments in mineral production and resource recovery from mine waste, stockpiles, tax incentives for U.S. mineral processing, and streamlined mining permitting.

EMA looks forward to continuing to work with federal policymakers on developing a list that takes a forward-looking approach to anticipate future supply chain disruptions and shortages.

“We look forward to working with the Trump Administration and Congress to maximize the effectiveness of the Critical Minerals List in order to provide the support necessary to increase domestic mineral production and processing, bring manufacturing jobs back to our shores, and reduce our dependence on potentially hostile nations for our essential mineral resources,” Greissing added.

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