"Section 7002(c)(4)(B) of the Energy Act allows the Secretary to designate a critical mineral determined by another Federal agency to be strategic and critical to the defense or national security of the United States, notwithstanding the Energy Act's criteria for designating a critical mineral. Based on the recommendations and expertise from the Department of Energy, Department of War, and Department of Agriculture, the Secretary hereby includes arsenic, tellurium, metallurgical coal, uranium, and phosphate on the final 2025 List of Critical Minerals."
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/07/2025-19813/final-2025-list-of-critical-minerals