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The Women's Mining Coalition is a non-profit organization operating under 501(c)(4) status from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.

WMC Letters and Testimony

Build Back Better Act Will Increase Mineral Imports and Weaken Supply Chains - The Build Back Better Act Will Nullify The Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill’s Critical Minerals Provisions.
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Contains Provisions to Increase Domestic Production of Critical Minerals and Stimulate Domestic Battery Materials Processing Capacity.

 

Hardrock Royalty Program Will Require More Mining - The Future Success Of A Hardrock Royalty Program Will Require More Mining.How Many Mines Are Subject To The U.S. Mining Law
Where A Future Hardrock Royalty Could Apply?
Federal land managers do not track mineral production and cannot answer this question.

House Budget Bill Will Increase our Reliance on China for Critical Minerals

Hardrock Mining provisions will decrease domestic critical mineral production and thwart the nation's clean energy goals.

“An inconvenient truth – clean energy requires minerals:” an op-ed written by Debra Struhsacker, one of WMC’s founders, published on June 22, 2021 in the Washington Examiner.

Two letters to the Wall Street Journal Editor were submitted by Debra Struhsacker and published: Letter (6/13/2021) and Letter (5/20/2021). The letters were about the nexus between critical minerals and clean energy. June 13 letter title: "Rare-Earth Mines Need Faster Permitting"

Written Testimony of the Women’s Mining Coalition to the House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States, April 13, 2021 - We believe HR 1884, otherwise known as the “Save Oak Flat Act,” would cause irreparable harm to the economy of Arizona’s Copper Corridor, erode trust in the federal permitting process and set a dangerous precedent that puts other critical mining projects in jeopardy. For these reasons, we urge you to reject this legislation.

WMC Comments on Executive Order about America's Supply Chains. (April 28, 2021) The Women’s Mining Coalition (WMC) supports the Biden Administration’s efforts to promote resilient, diverse, and secure supply chains as directed in the February 24, 2021 Executive Order (E.O.) 14017, “America’s Supply Chains.”

Fact Sheets

Public Health Benefits of Copper - April 2020

Copper has proven antimicrobial and anti-viral properties that could play an important role in fighting the COVID-19 virus and in minimizing the spread of other viruses and bacteria that could cause future pandemics.

More WMC Fact Sheets

News From Other Sources

Mineral Production to Soar as Demand for Clean Energy Increases- A new World Bank Group report finds that the production of minerals, such as graphite, lithium and cobalt, could increase by nearly 500% by 2050, to meet the growing demand for clean energy technologies. It estimates that over 3 billion tons of minerals and metals will be needed to deploy wind, solar and geothermal power, as well as energy storage, required for achieving a below 2°C future.
(May 2020)

 

Senator pushes to end US dependence on China for critical minerals- US Senator Ted Cruz has introduced legislation to end what he describes as the country’s “dangerous dependence” on China for rare earth elements and critical minerals. (May 2020)

 

Women’s Mining Coalition - Group advocates for a strong and sustainable mining industry It can be a long way from Washington, D.C. to a mine site. The issues involved in mining can seem pretty abstract to a legislator shuffling through papers, even though mining provides the materials for their cell phones and so many of the tools and materials which they rely on daily. That’s why a group of women from the Women’s Mining Coalition fly to Washington D.C. each year to visit with legislators and other professionals. The women with the WMC give legislators the opportunity to visit with people who actually work in the mining industry. (March 2020)

There is no chumminess between BLM and mining or any other industry in Nevada (March 2020)

National View / Lesson learned in pandemic: We can no longer rely on foreign products (May 2020)

State, Federal Permitting Process Works For Midas Project – And For Idaho (January 2020)

 

Mining Our Way to a Low Carbon Future | Lucy Crane | TEDxTruro - As the world transitions to a decarbonised economy, we need to mine more materials than we have ever done before to support those low carbon technologies. From wind turbines to batteries for electric cars, to the two thirds of the periodic table that are in your mobile phone, we have to find a way to sustainably extract materials. We have to find a way to source these materials responsibly, because without them we don’t have a chance. A graduate of Camborne School of Mines, Lucy Crane is a geologist working in Cornwall, exploring for lithium within geothermal waters. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. (January 2020)