Supporting America’s Infrastructure

From foundations to roofs, power plants to wind farms, roads to bridges—America’s infrastructure projects begin with mining.

From foundations to roofs, power plants to wind farms, roads and bridges to communications grids and data storage centers—America’s infrastructure projects begin with mining. Consider that nearly every industry including energy, construction, transportation, and equipment manufacturing requires steel—a material dependent on both metallurgical coal and iron ore for its production. And copper’s flexibility, conformity, thermal and electric conductivity, and resistance to corrosion make it an ideal industrial metal. These are just a few of the ways that mining is contributing to America’s infrastructure.

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    A Path to Future Infrastructure

    Nickel is an important resource for infrastructure that isn’t always given its due. From stainless steel (which requires nickel) to nickel coating and alloys, nickel is used for power generation, building construction and even kitchenware, to name a few applications. With the rise of nickel use in EVs,... Read More

    December 02, 2024

    Building America's Infrastructure

    Met Coal Supports Infrastructure

    Steel is key to any infrastructure project, included in everything from railway tracks and buildings to bridges and electric vehicle charging stations. In order to create steel, though, one needs base resources. Metallurgical or met coal is used in the production of 70 percent of the world’s steel. Warrior... Read More

    October 28, 2024

    Copper for Infrastructure

    Copper is an essential component of infrastructure, since copper is necessary to power and electrify everything we use – whether in buildings, vehicles or manufacturing operations. And demand is rising dramatically for copper. While copper can be recycled, the exponentially growing demand requires more... Read More

    July 23, 2024

    Investing in Zinc

    South32 recently announced great news: it will be investing more than $2 billion  to develop the zinc-lead-silver deposit at its Southern Arizona project site. The Hermosa project, the first to be added to the U.S.’s FAST-41 permitting process, has the potential to be one of the world’s largest zinc... Read More

    March 19, 2024