25Jul

U.S. Miners Make American Life Possible

As the U.S. labor market cools and employment gains slow, the mining industry continues to provide extraordinary career opportunities about which most Americans know very little. When asked to describe a day in the life of a miner, most think of pickaxes and canaries instead of the remotely-operated machinery, artificial intelligence and other innovations that […]

On July 25, 2023
affordability, coal, electric vehicles, electricity grid, employment, energy, energy transition, grid reliability, infrastructure, metallurgical coal, mining, renewable energy, solar power, steel, technology, transmission lines, transportation infrastructure, wind power

15May

American Infrastructure Requires American Mining

Sound the trumpets, it’s infrastructure week again. While it remains anyone’s guess whether or not a bipartisan compromise can be brokered for a deal, the urgency for action on the nation’s crumbling infrastructure is greater than ever. The clock continues to tick. In 2017, the American Society for Civil Engineering released its most recent infrastructure […]

On May 15, 2019
coal, economy, infrastructure, metallurgical coal, mining, steel, supply chain