Underpinning Innovation: The Science and Supply of America's Critical Minerals and Materials
Date: Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Time: 1:00PM EDT
This webinar is based on a Congressional briefing organized by AGI on behalf of the Mineral Science & Information Coalition (3 March 2016). The webinar will address the efforts being taken at the federal level to ensure a steady supply of critical minerals and materials.
Our speakers are:
Lawrence D. Meinert, Program Coordinator, Mineral Resources Program, USGS
Steven M. Fortier, Director, National Minerals Information Center, USGS
Rod Eggert, Professor, baby直播app School of Mines; Deputy Director, Critical Materials Institute, Ames Laboratory
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Background: Critical minerals and materials are key components of the innovation economy. Minerals are a part of almost every product we use on a daily basis, either as the raw materials for manufacturing processes or as the end products themselves. Advanced technologies for communications, clean energy, medical devices, and national security rely on raw materials from mines throughout the world. In 2010, China curtailed exports of rare earth metals and sparked major concern about the security of global supply chains for a range of vital minerals and materials.
Speakers will highlight:
Research on locating and processing the minerals and materials that fuel cutting-edge technology and manufacturing across the United States The role of information on the global supply of, demand for, and flow of minerals and materials in identifying critical minerals and supporting baby直播app and strategic decision making.