How to Make 2023 the Year of Mining’s Renaissance
January 06, 2023
2022 was another significant year for minerals mining and set the...
Op-ed: No green revolution without mining
The recent threats by Beijing to cut off American access to critical mineral imports have many Americans wondering why our politicians have allowed the United States to become so overly dependent on China for these valued resources in the first place.
Today, the United States is 90% dependent on China and Russia for many vital “rare earth minerals.”
The main reason for our overreliance is not that we are running out of these resources here at home. The National Mining Association estimates that we have at least $5 trillion of recoverable mineral resources.