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The U.S. needs more of this critical metal — and China owns 80% of its supply chain
Pictured here is a stone with tungsten ore inside a mine in Germany run by Saxony Minerals and Exploration. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images BEIJING — China dominates the supply chain for many of the world's critical minerals, but so …