U.S. Critical
Minerals
Strengthening the pathways from critical minerals to U.S. advanced manufacturing through market intelligence, regional partnerships, global supply relationships and feasibility-driven project development.
Critical minerals sit underneath the industries shaping America's future.
The United States remains highly dependent on foreign sources for many critical minerals, creating exposure across strategically important industrial supply chains.
U.S. industries that rely on nonfuel minerals represented approximately $4.09 trillion in economic value.
Federal investment is increasingly targeting domestic mineral processing, advanced materials, battery manufacturing, recycling and related supply-chain capacity.
Reliable access to strategic materials affects manufacturing competitiveness, technology development, infrastructure, energy systems and national security.
The need extends far beyond batteries.
Critical materials support a wide range of strategic and high-value industries across the U.S. economy.
Strengthening domestic supply chains therefore requires more than identifying mineral resources. It requires capacity across processing, materials, components, recycling and manufacturing.
Mineral security does not end at the mine.
Securing mineral supply is only one part of the challenge. Materials must move through a broader industrial system before they reach the technologies and manufacturers that depend on them.
Resource Supply
Diversified domestic and international mineral sources.
Processing & Refining
Separation, beneficiation, refining and material recovery.
Advanced Materials
Metals, alloys, precursors and engineered materials.
Components
Magnets, battery materials and strategic industrial inputs.
Manufacturing
Integration into U.S. industrial and technology markets.
From market need to development pathway.
Our role is to connect market intelligence, regional opportunity, technical expertise, capital and strategic partnerships before major development decisions are made.
Market & Supply-Chain Intelligence
Evaluate mineral demand, industrial gaps, market dynamics and potential commercial opportunities.
Regional & Pre-Feasibility Assessment
Explore infrastructure, markets, technology requirements, site conditions and development considerations.
Partnership Development
Connect government, research, industry, technology, investment and economic-development stakeholders.
Global-to-U.S. Integration
Connect responsible international supply relationships with U.S. processing, technology and manufacturing opportunities.
Evaluating the Right U.S. Region for Development.
Teraffem is evaluating where critical-mineral, advanced-material and related manufacturing opportunities may be most viable in the United States.
No final hub location has been selected. Michigan and the broader Midwest provide a strong starting point for exploration, but they are part of a wider national evaluation.
Potential locations will be assessed based on technical, commercial and economic conditions, including industrial demand, infrastructure, logistics, workforce and research capacity, available incentives and access to strategic partners.
A natural starting point for feasibility exploration.
As a Michigan-based company, Teraffem is beginning its U.S. exploration close to home.
Michigan's manufacturing history, automotive ecosystem, engineering talent, research institutions and growing activity around batteries and material circularity create a strong basis for evaluating potential critical-mineral and advanced-material opportunities.
Emerging work around battery recovery, recycling and reprocessing also demonstrates how recovered materials may become part of stronger domestic mineral supply chains.
FEASIBILITY LENS
Building relationships across the U.S. ecosystem.
Teraffem is building the regional, technical, industrial and funding relationships needed to evaluate where U.S. critical-mineral and advanced-manufacturing opportunities may be most viable.
State & Local Partners
Economic-development agencies, municipalities, regional authorities and public-sector organizations.
Technical Expertise
Universities, laboratories, engineers, researchers and specialists supporting pre-feasibility work.
Industry Relationships
Processors, recyclers, technology providers, manufacturers, OEMs and strategic buyers.
Sponsors & Early Support
Companies, institutions and funding partners supporting market scoping and early development.
Help move this work from opportunity to evidence.
Teraffem is inviting organizations that see strategic value in stronger U.S. critical-mineral supply chains to contribute expertise, partnership and early support.
Regional Collaboration
Explore how your state, city or region may fit into a broader critical-minerals and manufacturing strategy.
Research & Technical Support
Contribute expertise related to infrastructure, technology, material flows and market viability.
Industry Participation
Help shape the work through market insight, supply-chain experience and commercial requirements.
Sponsorship & Seed Funding
Support early-stage scoping, expert engagement, pre-feasibility analysis and development groundwork.
Regional market analysis, technical expert engagement, supply-chain mapping, infrastructure screening, stakeholder convening and partnership development.
Interested in helping shape what comes next?
Teraffem welcomes conversations with state and local partners, researchers, industry, technical experts, sponsors, investors and organizations working to strengthen U.S. critical-mineral and advanced-manufacturing capacity.