Metallurgical Coal Added with Nine Others

State Treasurer Larry Pack released the following statement after the Trump Administration added ten new minerals to the critical minerals list.

“We applaud President Donald Trump and his administration for recognizing the importance of metallurgical coal. Producing met coal domestically is crucial to bolstering the U.S. steel industry and lessening our reliance on foreign sources, especially China,” Treasurer Pack said. “The Trump Administration’s viewpoint on our coal industry is a stark contrast from the Obama-Biden era policies that actively tried to kill our coal industry. The change in philosophy will only benefit West Virginia, and for that, we thank President Trump.”

The ten new minerals are:

•            Copper

•            Uranium

•            Silver

•            Boron

•            Potash

•            Phosphate

•            Lead

•            Rhenium

•            Silicon

•            Metallurgical coal

As required by the Energy Act of 2020, United States Geological Services updated their methodology to quantify the risks associated with potential supply chain disruptions and recommend mineral commodities for inclusion on the updated 2025 List of Critical Minerals. The updated methodology uses an economic model that the USGS developed to estimate the potential effects of foreign trade disruptions of mineral commodities on the U.S. economy.

For the full list: https://www.usgs.gov/programs/mineral-resources-program/science/about-2025-list-critical-minerals