Policy
The Outcome of an Overregulated Mining Industry
April 19, 2019
The mining industry is one of the most heavily regulated and cost...
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The Mining Law of 1872
The Mining Law of 1872, which governs exploration and mining for minerals on federal lands such as gold, copper, silver and lithium, is one of our nation’s oldest. Now some want to change that law, and here is why that’s unnecessary.
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Economy
Latest USGS Report Shows Importance of Domestic Mining
March 13, 2019
According to the U.S. Geological Survey’s annual Mineral Commod...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – As Congress considers changes to the General Mining Law – changes that would ...