The Blog

January 28, 2013

Scoring commitment to community in Michigan

While officials at Rio Tinto know that minerals mines make good n...

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January 25, 2013

Upsurge in mining employment leads to career fair

Despite high unemployment rates, the citizens of the Iron Range, ...

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January 18, 2013

DOE launches critical minerals hub to support American innovation

This week, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory open...

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January 17, 2013

Alaska students earn credit through mining

As of December 2012, the unemployment rate for teens was 23.5 per...

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January 14, 2013

Guest post: Virginia’s minerals mean jobs

As a geologist, I am keenly aware that all of us depend on a wi...

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January 11, 2013

The Alaska Department of Natural Resources holds 2nd annual strategic and critical minerals summit

The United States now imports 100 percent of 19 key mineral mater...

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January 08, 2013

Report: Economic contributions of U.S. mining in 2010

National Mining Association prepared a report on “The Eco...

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January 07, 2013

Unleashing domestic resources

In a recent opinion piece published in the Las Vegas Review Jou...

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December 20, 2012

Apple moves Mac manufacturing stateside

Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, recently sat down for an interview on Roc...

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