Examining the impact of reshoring critical minerals production on electric vehicle manufacturing and surrounding communities in the United States

Objective: As electric vehicle (EV) demand and manufacturing increase, companies must secure additional critical minerals and metals (CMM) for use in their batteries, creating new connections between EV automakers, mining companies, and local communities where CMMs are produced. The project aims to develop mine expansion pathway scenarios to forecast potential domestic mining industry development over the next 50 years and to understand the stakeholders that are going to be impacted by the setting up of these mines.

Main Impact: The Mine Expansion Pathways will help identify when and where new mines might arise, which projects might be prioritized over others based on industry needs, and which surrounding communities could be affected.

Lead EMBERlab Researcher: Tuhin Bagi

Collaborators: Trissanne Keen and Prof. Jordan Seigel - Ross School of Business

Funding: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation