The American Exploration & Mining Association (AEMA) issued the following statement in response to today’s announcement from Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Manchin and Ranking Member Barrasso of a bipartisan permitting reform package.

The American Exploration & Mining Association (AEMA) released the following statement upon Friday’s filing in the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming of a coalition challenge to the final BLM Conservation and Landscape Health Rule

Mining has a great story to tell, and it begins with its people. People who have the same hopes, dreams, passions, and values as everyone else. When we started brainstorming ways the industry could come together and share that story, we realized that our efforts would be incomplete if we didn't share more about the people, the miners.

“Today’s decision from the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals is a tremendous victory for the mining industry and for AEMA, which has long fought to protect rights under the Mining Law so critical to our members’ ability to responsibly produce the minerals needed for modern society and our national defense,” said Mark Compton, Executive Director of the American Exploration & Mining Association.

This week, the American Exploration & Mining Association, National Mining Association and MiningMinnesota filed an amicus brief in support of Twin Metals Minnesota’s litigation aimed at regaining their long-held federal mineral leases, because we believe that responsibly mining the resources available in northeast Minnesota is essential to creating American jobs, transitioning to a cleaner future and bolstering domestic supply chains.

"CEQ’s “Phase 2” NEPA rule seeks to use the rulemaking process to transform NEPA from a law that informs decisions to one that predetermines them.