July 17, 2017
As the administration pushes a $1 trillion national infrastructur...
July 17, 2017
As the administration pushes a $1 trillion national infrastructur...
Electric Vehicles: Driving the Demand for Minerals
June 22, 2017
You may have noticed more and more electric vehicles on the road ...
June 21, 2017
To teach kids about mining, two kids have a plan to transform the...
Mining Tech and Minerals at the Forefront of Sustainability
April 24, 2017
A recent poll conducted by Morning Consult shows that the majorit...
The technologies that define innovation today all depend on minerals—from lifesaving medical devices to hybrid cars and advanced energy technologies.
The U.S. is home to more than $6.2 trillion worth of minerals and metals. Yet delays in our current mine permitting process have put our nation at the bottom of the list of top mining countries, sending mining jobs overseas and forcing U.S. manufacturers to increasingly rely on mineral imports. This is a policy issue that needs to be addressed.
By creating high-paying jobs and providing the raw materials essential to every sector of our economy, minerals mining helps stimulate economic growth.
There isn’t a new, cutting-edge energy technology today that doesn’t use minerals in its development. Mining policy is now energy policy.
Mineral Import Reliance on the Rise
February 16, 2017
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) released its 2017 Mine...