The misplaced idea that America’s mineral weakness stems from a lack of resources should be put to bed. Our resource base is remarkable and continues to grow. Consider just how vast our resources are.

Artisanal and small-scale gold mining employs more than 15 million people globally and generates a fifth of global gold supplies. It supports 100 million people indirectly, more than any other ...

The black lung trust fund, which kicks in to pay black lung benefits when a coal company can’t, is funded by an excise tax only on coal sold within the United States. The majority of met coal is ...