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.
Access to minerals means a more secure America. Minerals are among the most important components in the technologies protecting our nation.
The technologies that define innovation today all depend on minerals—from lifesaving medical devices to hybrid cars and advanced energy technologies.
People are the core of U.S. minerals mining — the employees whose dedication and expertise define the mining workforce and mining’s friends and neighbors in communities across the country. Nothing is more important to U.S. mining than the safety of its workers, and being a good neighbor and environmental steward.
February 16, 2017
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) released its 2017 Mine...
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January 20, 2017
The new Congress is quickly getting to work on important minerals...
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December 15, 2016
President-elect Trump has stated plans to push a multi-billion in...
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