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Your morning newscast covering the top mining-related stories of the day, brought to you by the National Mining Association. NMA is the only national trade organization that serves as the voice of the U.S. mining industry and the hundreds of thousands of American workers it employs before Congress, the federal agencies, the judiciary and the media, advocating for public policies that will help America fully and responsibly utilize its vast natural resources. We work to ensure America has secure and reliable supply chains, abundant and affordable energy, and the American-sourced materials necessary for U.S. manufacturing and economic security, all delivered under world-leading environmental, safety and labor standards.

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    NMA Mining Minute 1-2-2026

    The Department of Energy this week issued an emergency order to keep a Colorado coal plant operational to ensure Americans have access to affordable, reliable, and secure electricity heading into the winter months. The order will keep Unit 1 at the Craig Station in Craig, Colorado, online to ensure grid reliability. So why is the Trump administration making these moves? Well, the Wall Street Journal has a cautionary piece on the missteps in the UK that led to an electricity crunch and high electricity prices. While the country raced to lead in the installation of solar and wind, and raced to shut down its coal plants, it failed to make the necessary transmission upgrades to move the energy around. The result? Electricity bills that are among the highest in the world and a grid that is teetering on the edge. And as the US looks at the missteps and successes of other countries around the world, The New York Times has a piece on China's six decade long campaign to dominate the world's rare earths markets.

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    NMA Mining Minute Special: MISO Energy Prices

    Winter has arrived. And regional electricity grids are ramping up generation to meet high demand. Electricity prices in some regions are already soaring. But not everywhere. Notably, there's a sharp divide emerging on affordability between the grids that have access to coal generation and those that don't. When bitter cold recently descended across much of the country, prices in New England and New York soared while prices on the PJM grid, and, notably, the MISO grid covering much of the Midwest, largely shrugged off the cold. On the MISO grid – the only of the four where coal capacity still shoulders the majority of winter power demand – prices remained remarkably low. In fact, prices in New England were ten times higher. For both energy affordability and grid reliability, dispatchable fuel optionality is key. The lack of optionality in New York and New England – where both grids have eliminated their coal capacity – is proving a woefully expensive mistake. That's your mining minute for this morning. Tune in for more from NMA TV.

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    NMA Mining Minute Special: 2025 Year in Review

    This has certainly been the year of mining. Minerals—and securing access to them—have been in the headlines on a daily basis, with the Administration and Congress keenly focused on America's minerals future. From executive orders to agency actions, the creation of the National Energy Dominance Council to investments and financing for a wide range of mining projects, the administration and policymakers have supercharged a new era of minerals independence and supply chain strength. The Department of the Interior, Environmental Protection agency and Department of Energy all focused on cutting regulatory barriers, while the USGS expanded the Critical Minerals List and the Department of War made good use of Defense Production Act funds. And thanks to the FAST41 program and NEPA improvements, more than 50 projects are now benefitting from new transparency in the permitting process. The message? mineral security is key to America's economic strength, energy dominance and national security agenda. As we move into 2026, we need to ensure that the improvements that have been made are lasting, and an important way to do that is by Congress enacting comprehensive permitting reform.

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    NMA-TV Mining Minute Special: EU Energy Affordability

    Rising electricity prices in the United States – up about 32% over the past five years – have become an important issue for voters. Now imagine if prices had doubled. That's the incredible reality facing Europe. Europe's dash to renewables has come with eye-watering costs. How bad is it? Fully half of British households are expected to ration their electricity use this winter because of high prices. This a continent-wide affordability crisis for consumers, and it's ushering in the rapid deindustrialization of long-time powerhouse industrial economies. According to the International Energy Agency, the average electricity prices for heavy industry in the E.U. are twice those in the U.S. and 50% above China. Europe is not only losing industry thanks to its electricity affordability debacle, it's also finding it all but impossible to attract new energy-intensive industries, like the AI data centers leading the next economic revolution. Want to expand data center capacity in Germany? According to power providers in Frankfurt, it's going to take a decade to get electricity to do so. The lesson here couldn't be clearer: energy affordability, security and reliability, cannot be given second billing. As the U.S. faces soaring power demand, abundance is essential. That means expanding our energy systems and production to meet the moment, but it also means get even more out of the baseload capacity we already have.

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    NMA-TV Mining Minute Special: Copper

    With all eyes on copper, in this special edition of the NMA's Mining Minute, we're taking a closer look at what many are calling "the metal of electrification." Known for its electrical and thermal conductivity, malleability and corrosion resistance, copper is key to cutting-edge technologies, including the electricity-hungry data centers that are a must for the AI revolution. That fact alone makes it no surprise that global demand for copper is expected to surge by 75 percent by 2050. And that could end up being a low estimate. S&P Global found that without new supply, the global potential supply-demand gap for copper could be massive. Copper scarcity, it says, "may emerge as a key destabilizing threat to international security." As President Trump recently pointed out, copper is also the 2nd most used material by the department of defense. Here in the U.S., we have vast copper resources. But we're still 45 percent import reliant to meet U.S. needs. Even worse, that's up from 29 percent import reliant in 2016. And S&P expects our import reliance to grow to 60% by 2035. Fortunately, we can reverse that trend, if we can get out of our own way. Projects currently stalled in the permitting process dot the Western U.S. and Alaska. Whether it's Resolution Copper, Copper World, Florence Copper, Twin Metals, NorthMet, Talon's Tamarak or others, if we can get these projects moving, we'll be in a much better position to meet increasing demand. We know the administration is focused on the challenge. President Trump recently announced copper tariffs intended to spur domestic production. And Interior Secretary Burgum quickly thereafter posted to social media, "Interior is onshoring our supply chains by fast-tracking mining permits while the President is incentivizing a DOMINANT U.S. copper industry." We need this focus on copper. And we clearly need permitting reform to meet the demands of today and to ensure that made in America is also mined in America. That's your Mining Minute Special Edition.

    2 min

  6. 26/12/2025

    NMA Mining Minute Special: Energy Prices

    Affordability is the buzzword in Washington. That is certainly true when it comes to the debate about the nation's electricity prices, up 32% over the past five years. But relief – at least immediate relief – is proving elusive. Sharply rising power demand – think data centers and AI -- and surging natural gas prices are only adding headwinds to an already challenging moment. Wholesale natural gas prices have jumped more than 70% in the past 12 months reaching the highest they've been since December of 2022 during the energy crisis sparked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Fortunately, there is some good news to be found for consumers, it's with the coal fleet and the administration's efforts to halt plant losses. As natural gas prices have jumped over the past year, coal generation has come to the rescue, taking market share from gas and alleviating pressure on ratepayers. Coal generation is up 13% through the end of September compared to last year. And with winter now here, utilization of the coal fleet is rising quickly. The optionality provided by the coal fleet is a price shock absorber. And ensuring the feet's availability – exactly what the administration has done -- is affordability policy already paying dividends.

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  7. 25/12/2025

    NMA Mining Minute 12-25-2025

    This holiday season, as you gather with loved ones at home to enjoy a holiday meal or open gifts, we hope that you'll remember that mining makes every aspect of the holidays happen. Coal and uranium are providing baseload power right now, lighting holiday lights and keeping homes warm across the country. Lithium, nickel and copper, are key to the smart phones and electronics many are unwrapping under the tree. And for those jumping on planes to visit grandma, titanium and molybdenum help make aircraft strong, while silver and gold are key components of the GPS that will guide you through those final miles in the car, once you land. So whether it's platinum or beryllium, gypsum or lead, you can be sure that a full range of mined materials will get you where you're heading, will keep the lights on, and will keep everyone on your gift list happy. And for those of you staying at home this holiday season, who woke up to a stocking full of coal, that's actually great news. During the recent cold snaps we've seen over the past week, coal has been the leading fuel for electricity generation so hang onto that coal, it may just come in handy if this unseasonably winter continues in the way it started.

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  8. 24/12/2025

    NMA Mining Minute 12-24-2025

    The Wall Street Journal takes a look at how energy stocks- from nuclear to coal to solar to natural gas, have all soared this year thanks to AI demand. Tuesday was another record breaking day for the metals markets with Gold, silver and copper prices hitting new records as geopolitical uncertainty continues to keep safe-haven demand high. And things could get ugly around permitting reform. Democrats said earlier this week that permitting talks were off unless the Trump administration reversed its pause on offshore wind and yesterday Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chair Mike Lee responded. Lee is now calling for the Senate to eliminate the filibuster in order to pass a permitting. Sounds like things are going to get sporty.

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Your morning newscast covering the top mining-related stories of the day, brought to you by the National Mining Association. NMA is the only national trade organization that serves as the voice of the U.S. mining industry and the hundreds of thousands of American workers it employs before Congress, the federal agencies, the judiciary and the media, advocating for public policies that will help America fully and responsibly utilize its vast natural resources. We work to ensure America has secure and reliable supply chains, abundant and affordable energy, and the American-sourced materials necessary for U.S. manufacturing and economic security, all delivered under world-leading environmental, safety and labor standards.

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