Five key decisions to revitalize U.S. critical minerals stockpiles

The United States is at a pivotal moment to modernize its approach to critical minerals stockpiling. This report finds that an economic stockpile with market-shaping quantities of material may cost more than six times the amount of a defense-oriented stockpile.

It is therefore important to integrate stockpiling choices into the wider array of policy options, analyzing whether a stockpile is the most efficient tool to address the specific market failure at hand for each material and transaction.

Source: Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University SIPA

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