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Minerals Make Life
Minerals Make Life is a National Mining Association initiative created to share information about domestic minerals mining and its importance to the economy, innovation for the future and national security. This initiative will educate America’s policymakers, influencers and the public, and enable them to make informed decisions about U.S. mining.
Minerals Make Life aims to engage consumers, decision-makers, U.S. mining employees, retirees, suppliers and other key stakeholders in communities nationwide to speak on the need to create policy prescriptions critical to ensuring we have the minerals we need for economic prosperity and national security.
Visit the Minerals Make Life web site to learn more.
Did you know?
- Every American uses an average of nearly 40,000 pounds of newly mined materials each year.
- The United States produced about 6 percent of the world's nonfuel nonferrous minerals in 2010.
- The Toyota Prius plug-in-hybrid requires about 50 pounds of rare earth metals for its motor and battery.





