The Blog

Strong minerals supply essential to automobile industry

June 12, 2012

NMA President and CEO Hal Quinn and Mitch Bainwol, president an...

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Mining brings long-term, high-paying jobs to Alaska

June 05, 2012

In a recent column, Anchorage Daily News columnist Tim Bradner re...

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NMA selected to receive National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum award

June 01, 2012

The National Mining Association has been selected by the Nation...

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Update: One Step Closer to a Better Permitting Process

May 18, 2012

Yesterday, the House Committee on Natural Resources passed H.R....

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Support the Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act of 2012 (H.R. 4402)

May 15, 2012

A few weeks ago, Rep. Mark Amodei (R-Nev.) introduced H.R. 4402...

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Minerals imperative to our military and economy

May 15, 2012

The Hill’s Congress Blog published a guest post today wri...

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Molycorp leading U.S. rare earth minerals production

May 15, 2012

In a recent blog post, Wired discussed the importance of domest...

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“Call of Duty” highlights importance of rare earth minerals

May 14, 2012

This year’s update of the popular video game series &ldqu...

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Manufacturing employment grew by more than 500,000 jobs over the past two years

May 11, 2012

Shopfloor, the manufacturing blog of the National Association of ...

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Arizona’s Rosemont Copper utilizing new technologies for environmental stewardship

May 11, 2012

In an op-ed published in the Arizona Daily Star, Rosemont Coppe...

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