The U.S. relies heavily on imports for dozens of critical minerals used in everything from clean energy to defense. But what happens if those trade flows are disrupted? This visualization ranks the most economically important critical minerals to the U.S. in 2025, based on potential GDP loss from foreign trade disruptions. The data comes from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and includes 84 critical commodities. A disruption in the supply of rhodium—primarily from South Africa—could slash over $64 billion from U.S. GDP in a single year. That’s more than six times the estimated impact of the next highest-risk ... (full story)