In this issue
Skillings Mining Review August 2023: our cover story on the U.S. Critical Minerals Security Act explores how Washington aims to de-risk supply chains exposed to the DRC, from sourcing standards to trade and investment routes—what changes on the ground for miners, refiners, and OEMs.
Around the theme, we look at the jobs lens—Canada’s mine-led employment gains and how U.S. coal communities work and live today—alongside sector dynamics as metal-ore mining prospers while copper prices soften. We go below surface on deep-underground safety and the legal/financial realities of mineral rights ownership. The environmental stack is here too: impacts and regulations in iron ore, and practical ways to maximize benefits while minimizing costs.
Rounding it out are features on critical-minerals policy, the U.S.’s declining coal reliance vs global trends, and the science side—from mineralogists’ discoveries to lab-made minerals pushing innovation. The through-line: secure inputs, protect people and places, and keep the door open to new science.
