The review will assess U.S. vulnerabilities for the processing of all critical minerals - including cobalt ... last month signed an order directing federal agencies to create a list of U.S. mines that ...

"The draft list covers a range of minerals with many different applications ... industry and you've got the offshore wind industries all saying this is a horrific and bad idea." ...

Mr. Trump has repeatedly expressed interest in Ukraine's rare earth elements, and some of them are included in the list, as are other critical minerals, including titanium, lithium and uranium.

It is also home to a third of all European lithium deposits ... electronics and other products vital in the modern world. Some of the mineral deposits, however, have been seized by Russia.