Office of Critical Minerals and Metals
The Office of Critical Minerals and Metals (OCMM) undertakes a broad range of trade policy, trade promotion, and trade facilitation activities geared to increasing the competitiveness of the U.S. critical minerals and metals. OCMM undertakes industry analysis, participates in trade policy development and trade negotiations, conducts extensive trade promotion programs abroad, and evaluates the impact of domestic and international regulatory policies on the U.S. critical minerals and metals industries.
OCMM works with other Department of Commerce units and other U.S. agencies to address international market access challenges encountered by U.S. industry. A key to the successful efforts of OCMM and other I&A offices is our strong working relationships with industry trade associations and individual companies within the building products, chemicals, and metals industries. Contact us regarding any competitiveness issues your company or trade association may have.
Office of Critical Minerals and Metals Leadership Team
Office of Critical Minerals and Metals Team Members
Department of Commerce Reporting Requirements Under Section 1502(d)(3)(C)
of the Dodd-Frank Act:
World-Wide Conflict Mineral Processing Facilities
As required by section 1502(d)(3)(C) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act), the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) provides Congress with annual listings of all known conflict mineral processing facilities worldwide. OCMM in the Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration (ITA) has been responsible for the preparation of this report for Congress. The 2023 report is at: