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American Resources Policy Network will host a conference on strategic and critical minerals on June 6, 2012 in Washington, D.C. The conference will bring together industry thought-leaders and policymakers to discuss how these resources affect U.S. national security and what can be done to address domestic mineral needs. More details will be available soon.

Industry experts have blasted the Pentagon’s latest (unpublished) report which claims that domestic sources will allow the U.S. military to meet its demand for rare earths by next year. “The only way we can get that material right now is from a foreign company in China,” said Jack Lifton, co-founder of Technology Metals Research.

American reliance on foreign nations leaves us vulnerable to supply disruptions and places our national security at risk. When our military needs rare earths, it’s imperative that we have a domestic supply on hand.

Dan McGroarty appeared on XM radio show PayneNation yesterday to discuss Rare Earths with Fox News contributor Charles Payne. Listen below.

American Resources Policy Network leader appeared on CNBC’s Squawkbox yesterday to discuss rare earths and critical metals. Among other things, he said: “If you look at President Obama’s goal…of moving more quickly to…renewable energy sources…you’ve already touched on the fact that [they] require rare earths. The better way…than trying to sue China to force them [...]

American Resources leader Dan McGroarty will be attending the 7th Annual Military Energy Alernatives Conference in Tysons Corner, VA on March 6-8. The conference will discuss how the Department of Defense is implementing renewable technology to achieve energy efficiency and security at the operational level, as well as how renewable energy can be applied more [...]

While the United States pours money into foreign mineral imports, other countries are recognizing the value of self-sufficiency: Japan has drafted a bill requiring consumers to recycle used electronics containing rare earth and critical metals. The federally-sponsored move illustrates the priority Japanese officials are giving to mineral policy, a focus that contrasts sharply with the [...]

The United States Geological Survey announced that it has granted more than $260,000 for “new research on mineral resources important to [US] economy, national security, and land-use decisions,” including rare earths, niobium, and tantalum.

20 years ago, China’s Deng Xiao Peng said that “Saudi Arabia has oil, but China has rare earths.”  Few paid attention at the time, but today, Deng’s dictum is beginning to ring alarm bells in the world’s industrialized nations.  This brief video report from EnergyNow underlines the geo-politics of renewable energy, and the dangers of [...]

What does a copper strike in Chile have to do with the debt-deadlock in Washington, D.C.? More than might at first meet the eye, as this Bloomberg piece makes clear, tying the upswing in copper’s price to a strike at Chile’s Escondida Mine added to the dollar’s drop as the debt crisis drags on. How [...]

The election victory of leftist Peruvian presidential candidate Ollanta Humala in this week’s runoff election has instilled fears of higher taxes and new restrictive policies in the mining sector.  Peru is a leading producer of precious metals, and the U.S. relies heavily on Peruvian imports of zinc, tin, gold, copper, and silver. (To see exactly [...]