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Silver & Copper Could Be Critical Minerals: 3 ETFs to Ponder
In its most significant revamping since 2018, the US Geological Survey (USGS) is updating the critical minerals list to include silver and copper. The 2025 iteration has 54 mineral commodities; 50 were added based an economics effects assessment. That assessment includes a comprehensive supply chain disruption model. It looks at over 1,200 trade disruption scenarios for 84 mineral commodities and their effects on various industries as well as the U.S. economy in general. The assessment then weights the economic impacts according to the probabilistic occurrence of a supply chain disruption for a particular mineral. In ... (full story)