The Blog

June 10, 2019

Op-ed: Reliance on foreign mines an environmental and national security risk

Americans recently woke up to the news that China is threatening ...

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June 05, 2019

U.S. report urges steps to reduce reliance on foreign critical minerals

The U.S. Commerce Department on Tuesday recommended urgent steps ...

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June 04, 2019

Press Release: Department of Commerce Recommends Significant Reforms for Minerals Permitting

The National Mining Association (NMA) today applauded the recomme...

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June 03, 2019

Op-ed: Import reliance is Achilles’ heel

What is not on the Trump Administration’s list of Chinese goods...

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June 03, 2019

Op-ed: America must secure its supply chains against a vulnerability of its own making

Over the past few decades, through an intentional dominance of th...

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June 03, 2019

Op-ed: A Critical Moment for U.S. Industrial Policy

America’s technological future depends on access to the materia...

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May 29, 2019

Rapidly Advancing Mining Tech Propels Innovation

Technology has changed almost every industry in our modern world,...

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May 21, 2019

Op-ed: Keep competition for minerals from erupting into a conflict

Amid a growing need for materials deemed critically important in ...

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May 21, 2019

Op-ed: Rare-Earth Mining: A National Security Imperative

On April 30, the Department of Defense (DoD) published a new inte...

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