{"id":1114578,"date":"2019-05-06T19:42:26","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T19:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=985888"},"modified":"2019-05-06T19:42:26","modified_gmt":"2019-05-06T19:42:26","slug":"us-senate-introduces-new-bill-to-boost-domestic-battery-minerals-supply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1114578","title":{"rendered":"US senate introduces new bill to boost domestic battery minerals supply"},"content":{"rendered":"

Republican senators led by Lisa Murkowski has introduced bipartisan legislation<\/a> to secure mineral resources and supply chains, reducing reliance on foreign sources.\u00a0The new legislation – the American Minerals Security Act – listed lithium, graphite, cobalt and nickel as “critical minerals” to the auto and energy industries.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur nation\u2019s mineral security is a significant, urgent, and often ignored challenge. Our reliance on China and other nations for critical minerals costs us jobs, weakens our economic competitiveness, and leaves us at a geopolitical disadvantage,\u201d said Murkowski at last week’s inaugural Benchmark Minerals Summit in Washington DC.<\/p>\n

According to the US Geological Survey, the nation imported at least 50% of 48 minerals last year, including 100% of 18 of them<\/q><\/p>\n

According to the US Geological Survey, the nation imported at least 50% of 48 minerals last year, including 100% of 18 of them. That includes 100% of its supply of rare earth elements, graphite and indium.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now, the US produces 1% of global lithium supply and only 7% of refined lithium chemical supply, while China produces 51%. For cobalt, the US has zero mining capacity and zero chemicals capacity whilst China controls 80% of this second stage,” commented Simon Moores, managing director of Benchmark Mineral Intelligence<\/a>, a battery raw materials advisory firm.<\/p>\n

\u201cGraphite is the most extreme example with no flake graphite mining and anode production compared to China\u2019s 51% and 100% of the world\u2019s total, respectively. And its a similar story with nickel: under 1% mined in the US and zero capacity for nickel sulfate.”<\/p>\n

\u201cThese supply chains are the oil pipelines of tomorrow. The lithium ion battery is to the 21st century is what the oil barrel was to the 20th century,” he added.<\/p>\n

Murkowski, chair of the Committee of Energy and Natural Resources, has introduced similar standalone legislation in the past, including a section on critical minerals in her energy bill in the 114th and 115th Congresses.<\/p>\n

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The new legislation goes further than ever before, looking at not only the domestic mineral resources but the supply chains that refine the raw materials for electric vehicles.<\/p>\n

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