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Critical Minerals
to Critical Goods

CMC is dedicated to on-shoring the U.S. production of critical minerals and creating a complete U.S. based supply chain from the mineral extraction to the manufacturing of critical goods.

We have partnered with organizations across the region, nation, and world to help achieve this goal. The breadth and depth of expertise in these partnerships ranges from local economic developers, workforce developers, governmental officials, multinational and international corporations and entrepreneurs.

Our Mission

To develop a domestic critical materials supply chain, fostering advanced manufacturing capabilities while promoting broad access to employment and entrepreneurship.

Our Focus

  • Critical Materials Sustainability
  • Energy Sovereignty
  • Geostrategic Symbiosis

Our Value Chain

Critical Materials Crossroads (CMC) aims to build a robust  Energy Materials Ecosystem (EME) in the Kansas City region that connects emerging technologies and innovation with strategic global opportunities, creating a self-sustaining cycle of economic growth.

Raw Minerals

Mining and extraction of minerals from ore.

Refined Minerals

Preliminary refining and processing of raw minerals.

Base Input Materials

The purified minerals that makeup advanced materials. 

Advanced Materials

Advance materials are a combination of base input materials. 

Critical Components

The key pieces that make up critical goods. For example a turbine blade within a turbine engine.

Critical Goods

Finished products used for core functions of everyday life. Critical goods rely on critical components to function.

Recycle & Reuse

Recovery, reuse and recycling of used batteries, electronic waste, superalloys and other components.

Our Vision for the Future

By 2036 CMC aims for

10%

of U.S. battery demands met

>4%

contributed to Missouri’s GDP

10,000

New jobs

$2B

in private investment

Our Goals

  • Partner Alignment

    Create a self sustaining critical materials ecosystem within the Kansas City region focused on Innovation, Scaling, and Production.

  • Economic Growth

    10,000 direct, indirect, and induced jobs.

  • Thought Leadership

    Become a national thought leader and innovation hub for critical materials.

  • Energy Security

    Creating a secure supply chain for current and future energy needs.

  • Workforce Development

    Technical training, reskilling and upskilling of a workforce capable of providing the skills manufacturers demand. Stackable credentials and industry buy in.

  • Innovation Catalyst

    Technical expertise across a wide range of process and material composition of matter and improvements means the CMC is constantly pushing the boundary of the current state-of-the-art.

  • Technology Scaling

    Develop a technology maturation network that rapidly scales new innovations from lab to full-scale through the use of shared facilities, colocation and centralized business support services.

Our Values

We are empowering small businesses, entrepreneurs and researchers to grow and contribute to a economically competitive US based supply chain of critical materials.