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Dan Herring is president of THE HERRING GROUP Inc., which specializes in consulting services (heat treatment and metallurgy) and technical services (industrial education/training and process/equipment assistance. He is also a research associate professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology/Thermal Processing Technology Center.

Mineral Wars (part 2)

September 12, 2012

By Daniel H. Herring

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The United States currently relies on many other countries for various strategic minerals.

Fig. 3. World oil reserves (by region)

Fig. 4. Examples of U.S. mineral dependence compared to oil dependence

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