WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Mining Association (NMA) today applauded the passage out of Committee of the bipartisan Endless Frontier Act, which acknowledges the important role that domestic minerals mining plays in U.S. national security and economic competitiveness. “Virtually every supply chain... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Mining Association (NMA) today applauded the "Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Fee Reauthorization Act," introduced by Wyoming Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis, which would reauthorize the fee for seven years, ensuring a steady source of revenue for cleanup activities... Read More

Publication: Pittsburgh Tribune Review

Publication: Casper Star Tribune

Innovations are constantly being developed to make coal-fired power plants operate cleaner than ever before. Today’s coal-fueled power plants emit 90 percent fewer emissions than the typical plant from the 1970s. Ongoing advancements in high efficiency, low emission (HELE) coal technologies and carbon... Read More

Infrastructure projects would literally fall apart without steel. There’s 57,000 tons of steel in the Empire State Building and six billion tons of steel in the U.S. highway system. And 70 percent of the world’s steel requires coal, specifically metallurgical or met coal. Met coal includes the various... Read More

Copper is more important to our lives than ever before. This versatile metal is the basis for wiring that powers all our electronics, an essential for the work-from-home situation many of us have found ourselves in. Demand for copper is closely linked with the growth in heavy machinery; consumer products... Read More

Uranium is the basis for nuclear power, a clean, reliable baseload energy source. Nuclear power provides a high capacity of energy production, something that is an issue for intermittent sources of energy. As a baseload power, nuclear supplies energy precisely when it’s needed in a reliable way making a... Read More