AI and Strategic Raw Materials

The Trump administration had planned to use Pentagon AI systems to determine reference prices for certain strategic minerals. Gallium and germanium were among the first materials considered.

Strategic Objectives

The initiative aimed to reduce the United States' dependence on foreign suppliers, especially China, for the supply of raw materials essential to various industrial sectors. The rare earth mine in Bayan Obo, located in Inner Mongolia in China, is one of the main sources of these materials.