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Road to Regulatory Reform – NMA-Commissioned Poll Shows Voters in Favor of...
Advances in materials science are altering and expanding the ways in which we use metals and minerals at neck-breaking speeds, and are drastically changing the supply and demand picture. The United...
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Congressional Western Caucus Members Call for Expansion of Critical Minerals...
Earlier this month, members of the Congressional Western Caucus sent a letter to Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, and Acting Chair of the Council on...
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Coalition of Congressional Members and Stakeholders Call on EPA to Reverse...
Earlier this month, the Congressional Western Caucus led a coalition of Members of Congress and Stakeholders to call on EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt to reverse a pre-emptive veto of the Pebble Mine...
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McGroarty for IBD: “Time to Make the Connection Between Critical Minerals and...
“For want of a nail … the kingdom was lost” Invoking the old proverb dating back to the 13th Century as a cautionary tale and reminder that “the most sophisticated defense supply chain is only as...
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Automakers turn to U.S. Market as Potential Source of Lithium
We’ve said it before, EV battery technology is the new black – and if the metals and minerals fueling this technology are not yet on your radar, you’ve clearly missed the memo. Even the oil industry...
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Copper – Key Building Block of Our (Green Energy) Future
Sometimes the title says it all: “Copper and cars: Boom goes beyond electric vehicles,” writes Mining.com contributor Frik Els. And indeed, while there is some uncertainty in light of the specter of a...
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Happy Birthday, America – Onward to Resource Independence Day?
It’s that time of the year again – we load up our shopping carts with fireworks and burger buns, and gear up for parades to honor of the men and women who have fought, and continue our safeguard our...
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A “Dangerous Dependence:” Mineral Resource Security Goes Mainstream
In recent weeks, we have seen a flurry of articles and commentaries in national publications discussing reforms to address our ever-growing reliance on foreign mineral resources. The two most recent...
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“Consumption” Missing Element in Discussion over Mineral Resource Development
You need “stuff” to make “stuff.” It’s a simple concept, but one that is all too often forgotten. As ARPN’s Dan McGroarty wrote in a 2015 Forbes op-ed coauthored with then-CEO of mining advisory firm...
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“Critical Minerals Alaska:” A Familiar Scenario for Tungsten – Chinese...
Pop quiz: Which metal has “the highest melting point of all the elements on the periodic table, (…) is a vital ingredient to a wide-range of industrial and military applications,” has made the...
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Soon To-Be-Released Defense Industrial Base Study May “Revolutionize Approach...
A good year ago, a presidential Executive Order (E.O. 13806) mandated the completion of a study to assess the “Manufacturing Capacity, Defense Industrial Base, and Supply Chain Resiliency of the United...
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ARPN Expert: To Counter China’s Mineral Resource Dominance, U.S. Apathy About...
Followers of ARPN know that China is the big elephant in the room when it comes to the United States’ critical mineral resource supply issues. As ARPN expert panel member Ned Mamula, an adjunct...
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New NMA Infographic Visualizes Impact of Overreliance on Foreign Minerals
The long-awaited Defense Industrial Base report is ringing the alarm on supply chain vulnerabilities for the defense sector. As followers of ARPN will know, some aspects of the issues outlined in the...
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Washington’s Mining and Resource Policy Agenda – What’s in Store for 2019?
As we get back into the swing of things, a new piece for E&E News previews the anticipated 2019 mining and mineral resource policy agenda in Washington, DC. Here are some of the highlights: With a...
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REEs Underscore Challenges of Erosion of Defense Industrial Base
While policies stemming from the dominating free-trade ideology “have succeeded in generating great wealth for the U.S. economy, they have also led to a number of unintended consequences, including the...
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Green New Deal’s Inherent Irony: Renewable Energy Sources Rely Heavily on...
There is much talk about the so-called “Green New Deal,” a concept originally floated by the Green Party and now championed by newly-elected Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). Amidst much...
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ARPN Expert Panel Member Explains How a Look to the Past Could Help Us Move...
In his latest piece for The Hill, Ned Mamula, member of the ARPN panel of experts and adjunct scholar in geosciences at the Center for the Study of Science, Cato Institute, zeroes in on what we have...
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Sustainable Sourcing to Support Green Energy Shift – A Look at Copper
Followers of ARPN will know that Copper is more than just an old school mainstay industrial metal. We’ve long touted its versatility, stemming from its traditional uses, new applications and Gateway...
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Release of USGS’s 2019 Mineral Commodity Summaries Once More Underscores Need...
The partial shutdown of the federal government at the beginning of this year had delayed its release, but last week, USGS published its 2019 Mineral Commodity Summaries. Followers of ARPN will know...
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ARPN Expert Panel Member: Congress Must Resume Push Towards Greater...
“Electric vehicles (EVs) and hybrids are the future, but getting past our current reliance on internal combustion engines will require secure, domestic sources for a plethora of important minerals,...
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