Feature Stories
Demonstrating Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technology in Wyoming – A TerraPower Perspective
September 28, 2021
While global energy demand declined slightly in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the International Energy Agency expects demand to grow in 2021 due to the recovery of the global economy. Looking ahead, the U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates world
Usibelli Tops Mine Reclamation Standards
September 27, 2021
Reclamation is more than a regulatory requirement for Usibelli Coal Mine Inc., a family-owned company that began restoring the natural landscape at its Interior Alaska coal mining operation before there were federal laws requiring it. Now that there are reclamation
Researchers Enlist Robot Swarms to Mine Lunar Resources
September 24, 2021
With scientists beginning to more seriously consider constructing bases on celestial bodies such as the moon, the idea of space mining is growing in popularity. After all, if someone from Los Angeles was moving to New York to build a
Nth Cycle Wants to Revolutionize Metals Processing for Mine Operators and Recyclers
September 23, 2021
There’s a lot of value in waste; just ask metals processing company Nth Cycle, which has developed a technology to help mining and recycling companies recover every bit of critical minerals from their operations. The company calls its technology “electro-extraction,”
Time to Rethink Biden’s Anti-American Energy Policies
August 30, 2021
There’s little room for nuance when it comes to President Biden’s energy policy. The Biden administration appears to be working from one of two realities. The more charitable interpretation suggests administration officials are so overtaken with green ideology that they’ve
Biden Tapped this West Virginia Scientist to Help Coal Country, But Can Clean Tech Bring Jobs?
August 25, 2021
Brian Anderson grew up in West Virginia, seeing the coal industry slowly decline to the point of utter collapse in recent years. Now, Mr. Anderson, a veteran energy scientist who since 2018 has served as director of the National Energy
Shughart: Biden’s Two-faced Energy Policies
August 24, 2021
Shortly after the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its latest apocalyptic report, the Biden administration sent a formal request to OPEC, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, asking the cartel’s members to expand oil production to help
Mackubin Owens: China, America’s Supply Chains, and Strategic Materials
August 24, 2021
For some time now, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has made it clear that it intends to displace the United States as a hegemonic power. U.S. policy makers finally seem to be coming around to a recognition of this
Amid Anxious Fishing Industry, Residents in Alaskan Village Pray for Pebble Mine
August 20, 2021
Chasity Anelon was able to build a house in her remote hometown of Iliamna eight years ago after she began working for the company behind Pebble Mine in 2009. Had it not been for the lucrative backyard deposit of vital
NMA President and CEO Rich Nolan Discusses Future of the Mining Industry
August 10, 2021
Historically, mining has been at the heart of all human development, since the transition of cavemen from the Stone Age into the Bronze and Iron Ages. Our progress as a species has been measured in terms of the metals and
