The Superalloy Dilemma: Can America Break Its Mineral Dependency?

Topic: Rare Earth Minerals

Blog Brand: Techland

Region: Americas

Tags: Defense Industrial Base, Department of Energy (DOE), Elk Creek Project, F-35 Lightning II, Hafnium, Nebraska, Niobium, North America, Tantalum, Titanium, Tungsten, and United States

The Superalloy Dilemma: Can America Break Its Mineral Dependency?

January 5, 2026

By: Macdonald Amoah, Morgan Bazilian, and Jahara Matisek

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