{"682267":{"#nid":"682267","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"How the US can mine its own critical minerals \u2212 without digging new holes","body":"","field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERising global demand, high import dependency and growing geopolitical tensions have made critical mineral supply an \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/03\/immediate-measures-to-increase-american-mineral-production\/\u0022\u003Eincreasing national security concern\u003C\/a\u003E \u2212 and one of the most urgent \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/china-hits-back-us-tariffs-with-rare-earth-export-controls-2025-04-04\/\u0022\u003Esupply chain challenges\u003C\/a\u003E of our time.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThat raises a question: Could the U.S. mine and process more critical minerals at home?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=MSQB5REAAAAJ\u0026amp;hl=en\u0022\u003Egeochemist\u003C\/a\u003E who leads Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/cems\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Critical Mineral Solutions\u003C\/a\u003E and an \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=en\u0026amp;user=kFN5-NQAAAAJ\u0026amp;view_op=list_works\u0026amp;sortby=pubdate\u0022\u003Eengineer\u003C\/a\u003E focused on energy innovation, we have been exploring the options and barriers for U.S. critical mineral production.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36413","created_gmt":"2025-05-06 23:57:48","changed_gmt":"2026-03-11 18:01:12","author":"pdevarajan3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"The Conversation ","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4sKsnDf","dateline":{"date":"2025-05-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-05-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"677037":{"id":"677037","type":"image","title":"conversation-yuanzhi-scott.jpeg","body":"\u003Cp\u003EMP Materials\u2019 Mountain Pass Rare Earth Mine and Processing Facility is in California near the Nevada border. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Mountain_Pass_Rare_Earth_Mine_%26_Processing_Facility.jpg\u0022\u003ETmy350\/Wikimedia Commons\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1746575873","gmt_created":"2025-05-06 23:57:53","changed":"1746575873","gmt_changed":"2025-05-06 23:57:53","alt":"MP Materials\u2019 Mountain Pass Rare Earth Mine and Processing Facility is in California near the Nevada border. Tmy350\/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA","file":{"fid":"260897","name":"conversation-yuanzhi-scott.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/05\/06\/conversation-yuanzhi-scott.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/05\/06\/conversation-yuanzhi-scott.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":585849,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/05\/06\/conversation-yuanzhi-scott.jpeg?itok=uiJDv-jY"}}},"media_ids":["677037"],"groups":[{"id":"367481","name":"SEI Energy"}],"categories":[{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"188853","name":"go-seiinthenews"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}