Rare Earth Materials in the Defense Supply Chain
Rare Earth Materials in the Defense Supply Chain

Author: Belva M. Martin

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2010-08

Total Pages: 38

ISBN-13: 1437932231

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This letter transmits the briefing in response to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, which required a report on rare earth materials in the defense supply chain to the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives. Contents: Introduction; Objectives, Scope, and Methodology; Background; Summary; Objective 1: Current and Projected Availability; Objective 2: Defense System Dependency; Objective 3: Department of Defense Identified Risks and Actions; Agency Comments; Points of Contact. Charts and tables.

Rare Earth Elements
Rare Earth Elements

Author: Marc Humphries

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2010-11

Total Pages: 18

ISBN-13: 1437937985

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Contents: (1) Intro.; (2) What are Rare Earth Elements (REE)?; (3) Major End Uses and Applications: Demand for REE; The Application of REE in National Defense; (4) Rare Earth Resources and Production Potential; Supply Chain Issues; Role of China; (5) Rare Earth Legislation in the 111th Congress: H.R. 4866, and S. 3521, the Rare Earths Supply-Chain Technology and Resources Transformation Act of 2010; H.R. 5136, the FY 2011 Nat. Defense Authorization Act; P.L. 111-84, the FY 2010 Nat. Defense Authorization Act; (6) Possible Policy Options: Authorize and Appropriate Funding for a USGS Assessment; Support and Encourage Greater Exploration for REE; Challenge China on Its Export Policy; Establish a Stockpile. Illustrations.

Rare Earth Elements
Rare Earth Elements

Author: Kristin Waters

Publisher: Nova Science Publishers

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781536101201

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The Department of Defense (DOD) depends on rare earths that contain one or more of 17 similar metals which have unique properties, such as magnetism at high temperatures, to provide functionality in weapon system components. Many steps in the rare earths supply chain, such as mining, are conducted in China, a situation that may pose risks to the continued availability of these materials. The Joint Explanatory Statement accompanying the Carl Levin and Howard P. Buck McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for 2015 included a provision for the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review DOD efforts to identify and mitigate risks in its rare earths supply chain. This book assesses the extent that DOD determined which rare earths, if any, are critical to national security; and has identified and mitigated risks associated with rare earths, including the effects of a potential supply disruption.

National Defense
National Defense

Author: U. S. Government Accountability Office (

Publisher: BiblioGov

Published: 2013-07

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 9781289161026

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The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent agency that works for Congress. The GAO watches over Congress, and investigates how the federal government spends taxpayers dollars. The Comptroller General of the United States is the leader of the GAO, and is appointed to a 15-year term by the U.S. President. The GAO wants to support Congress, while at the same time doing right by the citizens of the United States. They audit, investigate, perform analyses, issue legal decisions and report anything that the government is doing. This is one of their reports.

Rare Earth Materials in Defense Applications
Rare Earth Materials in Defense Applications

Author: United States. Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 5

ISBN-13:

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Rare earth materials are widely used within the defense industrial base. However, such end uses represent a small fraction of U.S. consumption. As a result, when looked at in isolation, the growing U.S. supply of these materials is increasingly capable of meeting the consumption of the defense industrial base. By 2015, the Department of Defense believes this will help to stabilize overall markets and improve the availability of rare earth materials. The Department remains committed to pursuing a three-pronged approach to this important issue: diversification of supply, pursuit of substitutes, and a focus on reclamation of waste as part of a larger U.S. Government recycling effort. In addition to the many positive developments that indicate an increasingly diverse and robust domestic and global supply chain for rare earth materials, the Department will continue to monitor these supply chains, prepare possible contingency plans for ensuring their availability, and implement such plans as appropriate.