SME POSITION PAPER
U.S. Energy Policies Should Focus on Reliability, Affordability, and Minimizing Environmental Impacts
Read Now (pdf)WHITE PAPER
Overview Of Federal Permitting Timelines For Locatable Mineral Projects On Public Lands
Read Now (pdf)TECHNICAL BRIEFINGS
SME’s briefing papers are fact-based, technical, non-partisan issue briefs used to educate and inform elected officials and the media on topics related to the mining industry.
Industry-related Rules, Bills, Laws
Availability of Public Lands to Mining and Mineral Exploration
Critical and Strategic Minerals Importance to the U.S. Economy
Federal Support for U.S. Mining Schools
Improved Regulatory Coordination to Ensure Responsible Mining & Environmental Protection (2022)
Maintaining the Viability of U.S. Mining Education
Workforce Trends in the US Mining Industry
General Education
Meeting the World's Future Mineral Needs
The Mining Industry and Sustainable Development
The Safe and Effective Use of Cyanide
Minerals Needed by Society
Critical Minerals produced from Alternative Resources
Mining: Production and Control of Arsenic
Rare Earth Elements
Copper as a Critical Mineral
The Role of Arsenic in the Mining Industry
Thorium as a Byproduct of Rare Earth Element Production
Mining and Water Resource Protection
Mining and the Use, Quality and Availability of Water
Mining and Water Quality
Mining Supports Energy
Clean Energy Technologies Require Minerals
Critical Minerals and Energy Transition Technologies
Mitigation of CO2 Emissions from Coal Fired Electric Generation
Nuclear Power
Coal's Importance to the World
Rare Earth Elements and Critical Minerals from Coal Resources U.S. Electric System Reliability
Mining Supports Infrastructure
Aggregates and U.S. Infrastructure Needs
Industrial Minerals: The Building Blocks of Civilization