Northwest Mining Association

The More You Dig, It All Starts With Mining

NWMAs 118th Annual Meeting, Exposition and Short Courses:
2012 Annual Meeting Announcement

http://www.nwma.org/pdf/2012CVannouncement.pdf

The Economic Contributions of U.S. Mining in 2008:
A report prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers for NMA

http://www.nwma.org/pdf/economic_contributions.pdf

NWMA Supports Responsible Mining Law Reform:
Northwest Mining Association Supports Mining Law Changes to Assess a Net Royalty, Create an AML Fund, Provide Secure Land Tenure, and Retain Existing Environmental Regulations

http://www.nwma.org/pdf/Northwest Mining Association Supports Responsible Mining Law Amend.pdf

The U.S. Mining Industry:
Indispensable Catalyst to Economic Recovery and Energy Independence

http://www.nwma.org/docs/Mining - Indispensable to Economic Recovery.doc

Wind Turbines:
Wind Power Needs American Metals & Minerals

http://www.nwma.org/pdf/Wind_Power_Needs_American_Minerals _2_.pdf

Solar Panels:
Solar Power Needs American Metals & Minerals

http://www.nwma.org/pdf/Solar_Power_Needs_American_Minerals _2_.pdf

Hybrid Car:
Hybrids Need American Metals & Minerals

http://www.nwma.org/pdf/Hybrids_Need_American_Minerals.pdf

Nuclear Power :
Nuclear Power Needs American Metals & Minerals

http://www.nwma.org/pdf/Nuclear Power Needs American Uranium.pdf

This USGS chart shows Americas dangerous reliance on foreign sources of strategic and critical minerals for national and economic security:
2011 USGS Chart US Net Import Reliance for Selected Nonfuel Mineral Materials

http://www.nwma.org/pdf/2011 USGS Import Relaince Chart1.pdf

Northwest Mining Associations YouTube Link:
Click on the link below

http://www.youtube.com/nwma1

Where Not to Invest:
2011 Ranking of Countries for Mining Investment - Behre Dolbear

http://www.nwma.org/pdf/2011+Country+Ranking.pdf

Global Warming? Get Ready for Global Cooling:
Think Again Climate Change Politics by Mark I. Pfau

http://www.nwma.org/pdf/Climate Change politics.pdf

NWMA U.S. Membership by State:
2011 NWMA U.S. Membership Map

http://www.nwma.org/pdf/2011Membermap- all.pdf.pdf

MINE YOUR OWN BUSINESS:
A documentary film by former Financial Times correspondent to Eastern Europe, Phelim McAleer that takes you to the dark side of the environmental movement. YOU MUST SEE THIS!

http://www.mineyourownbusiness.org/index.htm

Next Convention:

2012 Annual Meeting Announcement

December 3-7, 2012

More information: Annual Meeting Announcement

Convention Info:

NWMAs 118th Annual Meeting, Exposition and Short Courses December 3 - 7, 2012 Spokane Convention Center Spokane, Washington

Annual Meeting Announcement

Today's Metal Prices
Updated January 27, 2012

Gold $/oz 1,726.20
Silver $/oz 33.67
Platinum $/oz 1,612
Copper $/lb 3.858
Lead $/lb 1.033
Zinc $/lb 0.969
Nickel $/lb 9.742
Moly $/lb 13.819
Aluminum $/lb 0.999
Cobalt $/lb 15.290
U₃O₈$/lb 52.50
Crude Oil 100.03
Natural Gas 2.62
Euro Exchange 1.312
Can Exchange 0.999

Today in History The University of Georgia was created in 1785, the first public university in America. The US Congress approved the creation of Indian Territoryin 1825 in what is now Oklahoma clearing the way for the forced relocation of Eastern tribes and the Trail of Tears. National Geographic Society was created in Washington DC in 1880. The Red Army liberated Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945. Nevada went radioactive when the first nuclear bomb (1 kiloton) was dropped on Frenchmans Flat in 1951. Germany observed International Holocaust Remembrance Day for the first time in 1980. And in 2006, Western Union discontinued Telegram and Commercial Messaging services.

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