 Sponsored byMinerals: The Overlooked Foundation of Our FutureEvent Program: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 Minerals are the foundation of our technology, defense, energy and manufacturing supply chains, but the industry’s importance is often overlooked by consumers who take for granted that certain materials will always be available in abundant supply. The minerals mining industry supports 1.2 million domestic jobs and impacts Americans’ daily lives in ways many people may not realize. The raw materials from U.S. mines are critical to advanced technologies and countless other essential industries. As demand increases for the minerals that help power our increasingly tech-heavy world, access to those natural resources must grow along with it. In partnership with National Mining Association and its Minerals Make Life initiative, RealClearPolitics will delve deeply into the public policy questions surrounding the importance of minerals, and how the nation’s manufacturing sector, national defense and even green energy technologies depend on a healthy domestic minerals mining industry and improved access to domestic minerals. Murkowski: U.S. Made Vulnerable by Lag in Key Mineral Extraction Murkowski: U.S. Made Vulnerable by Lag in Key Mineral ExtractionWhen she first entered the Senate in 2002, domestic oil production was on the decline and the United States was looking beyond its borders to the oil fields of other, sometimes unf...(full article) Minerals essential for national security Minerals essential for national securityThe U.S. relies on imports for 93 percent of its uranium needs, and dependence on foreign nuclear-fuel is expected to grow....(full article) Mining Regulations Hamper Access to America's Own Rare Earth Metals and Minerals William F. Shughart IIMining Regulations Hamper Access to America's Own Rare Earth Metals and Minerals William F. Shughart IITrump's legislation will offset the regulatory barriers but will likely incite retaliation from our trading partners....(full article) 
Most Recent ArticlesCut mining red tape to secure America - Hal Quinn, Washington ExaminerAmerica is more vulnerable today than it should be thanks to U.S. dependence on foreign minerals. The good news is that without resorting to government interventions such as tariff... The Mining Law produces vital domestic minerals. Why undermine it? - Ann Bridges & Ned Mamula, Washington ExaminerDoes America stand for self-reliance and innovative discovery of critical minerals for our economy and national defense and security? Or will Congress drive the fatal stake through... A Critical Moment for U.S. Industrial Policy - John Adams, Morning ConsultAs a result of complacency and inattention, we are now alarmingly dependent on imports -- often from strategic rivals like China and Russia -- for these essential materials.... America's Achilles' Heel: Mineral import reliance on China - Dr. Jim Constantopoulos, Ruidoso NewsNew legislation introduced in the Senate, The Minerals Security Act, is a promising step in the right direction.... Mine US minerals — don't undermine them - Ned Mamula, The HillThe economic health and national security of our nation now depend on reducing our growing reliance on China,... Letter: Mining law does not need reform - Hal Quinn, Arizona Daily StarRe: the guest opinion piece... We import key minerals needed for US defense — that's a security problem - J. Winston Porter, The Hilld=Dysprosium, lanthanum and cerium, which are critical to building laser-guidance systems for weapons, jet-fighter engines, anti-missile defense systems and smart bombs.... Readers React: Why updating the 1872 Mining Act with environmental regulations is unnecessary - Hal Quinn, Los Angeles TimesTo the editor: The op-ed article, Why let mining companies rip up public land like it's 1872?... Balancing America's environment, mining and the Green New Deal - Ned Mamula, The HillBy complying with the Minerals Policy Act, the U.S. can once increase mineral production needed to reduce our current dangerous reliance on foreign minerals, become a dominant mine... Lawmakers must find common ground to support the defense-industrial base - Jeffery A. Green, DefenseNewsAlthough neither side will get everything they want, legislators have many opportunities to advance priorities that matter to everyone, including support for U.S. manufacturing and... For electric cars, you need minerals - Dr. Jim Constantopoulos, Santa Fe New MexicanThe need for lithium, cobalt, aluminum, copper and nickel is expected to soar as the manufacture of electric vehicles increases.... Dear Flake, Collins & Murkowski: Don't Let the Mob Win - Derek Hunter, TownhallMy life, and the lives of everyone in this country, are hanging on what you do next in the confirmation battle over Brett Kavanaugh.... Rebuild the US minerals supply chain before it's too late - John Adams, DefenseNewsChina could cripple America's industrial supply chain by placing an embargo on minerals and metals exports. This national security issue needs resolved immediately.... Senators Collins & Murkowski, It's Time to Leave the GOP - Susan Faludi, NY TimesMs. Collins and Ms. Murkowski wouldn’t simply be registering their opposition to a single Supreme Court justice. They’d be taking a powerful stand against their party&r... Once Again, Fate of America Rests on Murkowski & Collins - Matthew Fleischer, LATDemocrats can't stop Trump's Supreme Court pick. But there are two people who can.... To reduce China's leverage, rebuild America's minerals supply chain - Mark J. Perry, The HillAstoundingly, we are completely import-dependent for dozens of critical minerals. Who's our largest supplier? China.... America's critical minerals problem has gone from bad to worse - Jeffery A. Green, DefenseNewsWithout access to such minerals, our precision-guided missiles will not hit their targets, our aircraft and submarines will sit unfinished in depots, and our war-fighters will be l... Without reform, wave goodbye to electric vehicle and battery manufacturing jobs as they go overseas - Mark J. Perry, Washington ExaminerThe race is on to produce and acquire the raw materials that are the building blocks for electric vehicles and their batteries. Car and battery manufacturers the world over are loc... How Lisa Murkowski Mastered Trump's Washington - Susan Dominus, NYT MagazineThe Alaska senator is one of the few Republicans who has gone toe-to-toe with the president â and thrived.... Lisa Murkowski's Calculator - Kimberly Strassel, Wall Street JournalThe Treachery of Murkowski, Collins & McCain - Bruce Bialosky, TownhallPreviously, we have written how important it is to restructure our health insurance system after the dishonest, unnecessary and destructive law passed by a fully-partisan vote know... AK: Anchorage Attorney Margaret Stock Challenging Lisa Murkowski - Devin Kelly, Alaska Dispatch NewsA retired lieutenant colonel with the U.S. Army Reserves who has spent years arguing that legal immigration bolsters national security said Tuesday she's running as an ... Murkowski Proves Voters Want Cooperation - David Broder, Wash PostThe Unlikely Reincarnation of Lisa Murkowski - Nicole Allan, The AtlanticNicole Allan - Nicole Allan is a staff editor at TheAtlantic.com, where she writes for the Politics Channel. She has also written for Slate and The New Republic. ... 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