CommoditiesTrump invokes wartime powers to boost U.S. critical mineral production
Security 'acutely threatened' by reliance on 'hostile foreign powers,' order says
The MP Materials rare earth mine in Mountain Pass, California. The Trump administration wants to boost U.S. production of rare earths. © Reuters
CANBERRA -- U.S. President Donald Trump will wield wartime powers in a bid to increase U.S. production and processing of critical minerals, characterizing the nation's reliance on foreign countries for such materials as an acute threat to its security.