The USGS maintains information on the source and risks for various resources we use, at their National Mineral Information Center: https://www.usgs.gov/centers

The USGS maintains information on the source and risks for various resources we use, at their National Mineral Information Center: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/nmic https://www.usgs.gov/centers/nmic I attended a public talk in 2017 at USGS where someone from the NMIC explained the kind of information they gathered: https://www.usgs.gov/media/videos/2017-oct-public-lecture-global-trends-mineral-commodity-supplies https://www.usgs.gov/media/videos/2017-oct-public-lecture-gl... Indeed, many of our strategic minerals come from unreliable partners. The US doesn't produce much of that stuff internally for economic and ecological reasons. However, potential internal sources for some (not all) are kept mothballed in case we need to switch to them. It was really interesting watching how geopolitics influences local industrial decisions.