Washington, D.C. The National Mining Association (NMA) elected a new slate of officers at its board of directors and annual members meeting in Washington last week.
NMA Officers for 2016:
Chairman – Kevin Crutchfield, Chairman and CEO, Alpha Natural Resources, LLC
Vice Chairman – Phillips... Read More
November 3, 2015
National Mining Association (NMA) President and CEO Hal Quinn today told a Senate oversight hearing that the Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation Enforcement’s (OSM) so-called Stream Protection Rule is more about protecting the jobs of regulators than protecting the environment:
“The SPR is... Read More
October 27, 2015
New Federal Stream Protection Rule Will Cost Jobs and Coal Communities Nationwide, Warns National Mining Association
WASHINGTON D.C. - A new Obama administration regulation—the so-called Stream Protection Rule—is about to drive up energy costs and unemployment with no gain in environmental benefits,... Read More
October 27, 2015
Washington, D.C. – A new study by an environmental consulting firm documents steep costs and job losses from a new regulation from the U.S. Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation Enforcement (OSM), adding further credence to widespread criticisms of this unnecessary rule.
The so-called Stream... Read More
October 25, 2015
Washington, D.C. – In order to prevent significant and imminent harm to scores of states’ economies and millions of consumers nationwide, the National Mining Association (NMA) today asked a federal court to stay the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) controversial Clean Power Plan until legal challenges... Read More
October 22, 2015
The following statement was released today by National Mining Association (NMA) President and CEO Hal Quinn applauding the House passage of Rep. Mark Amodei’s (R-Nev.) "National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act of 2015:”
"Congressman Amodei’s bill, passed by the House today, will... Read More
October 22, 2015