Security concerns to drive North Dakota tech mineral boom
EERC senior analytical chemist Carolyn Nyberg conducts chemical analysis of critical materials.
Core samples loaded and ready for scanning in the QEMSCAN system, which uses electron techniques to look for critical minerals.
EERC materials scientist Blaise Mibeck loads samples for testing in a system used for evaluating critical mineral concentrations.
By Michael Standaert, North Dakota News Cooperative China’s stranglehold on supply chains for rare earth and critical mineral elements presents North Dakota with the opportunity to capitalize on a new resource boom.
With some of the highest concentrations of rare earth and critical mineral elements in the U.S., the state is in prime position to supply tech minerals crucial to building everything fr…
