Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Surging demand for electricity is colliding with rapidly eroding grid reliability and projected power supply shortfalls driven by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) regulatory agenda, the National Mining Association (NMA) highlighted in a new white paper issued today.... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Mining Association (NMA) announced that Denise C. Johnson, group president of Caterpillar Inc., will chair MINExpo INTERNATIONAL® 2024. Ms. Johnson, who first joined Caterpillar more than a decade ago, is a well-known leader in the industry and was the first woman to be... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The vast majority of Americans support an all-of-the-above-energy strategy that includes coal and are concerned that the rush to transition to renewable energy is going to sacrifice our ability to keep the lights on, according to new national polling released today by the National... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rich Nolan, President and CEO of the National Mining Association (NMA) issued the following comment following the news that the Environmental Protection Agency would be exempting gas-fired plants from a new regulation that would require power plants in the United States to capture... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Mining Association (NMA) today testified at the Department of the Treasury among a diverse group of stakeholders calling for changes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) interpretation of the 45x Advanced Manufacturing Production Credit. Congress’ original intent was... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Mining Association (NMA) today applauded a ruling from the Ninth Circuit vacating a prior, unprecedented ruling from the district court, which manufactured a nationwide injunction against federal coal leasing unless and until the Bureau of Land Management completed an... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Mining Association (NMA) today released the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to lower its final particulate matter (PM2.5) national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) from 12 to 9 micrograms per cubic meter. “The EPA’s decision... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The USGS today released its annual Mineral Commodity Summaries report, which found the U.S. is reliant on imports for more than one-half of the U.S. apparent consumption for 49 nonfuel mineral commodities and 100 percent import dependent for 15 of them. Despite all the discussion of... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Mining Association (NMA) issued the following statement from Rich Nolan, President and CEO, urging support for the bipartisan Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act of 2023 (S. 2781), which is being considered at the Senate Environment and Public Works... Read More