Notice 30 Jun 2025 supply chain, critical materials, business regulation, stakeholder engagement, market dynamics, energy

⚡DOE Requests Input on 2026 Energy Critical Materials Assessment

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on its Request for Information (RFI) number DE-FOA-0003568 regarding the 2026 Energy Critical Materials Assessment. This RFI seeks public comment on energy technologies of interest, materials of interest, supply chain information, market dynamics, challenges to domestic industry, methodology, DOE critical materials and DOI critical minerals lists, and other stakeholder issues related to the Energy Critical Materials Assessment. Such input will inform the 2026 Energy Critical Materials Assessment.

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Notice 29 May 2025 supply chain, regulation, metallurgical coal, department of energy, critical materials, steel industry, energy policy

🏭DOE Adds Metallurgical Coal to Critical Materials List for Steelmaking

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is issuing this notice to advise the public that DOE has added metallurgical coal used for steelmaking to the DOE Critical Material List. This notice also provides the link to the assessment that forms the justification for including metallurgical coal used in steelmaking on the Critical Material List. Meeting the policy goal of U.S. steel dominance will require dramatic increases in domestic metallurgical coal production and use and thereby supports the determination that metallurgical coal used for steelmaking is a DOE critical material.

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