Mining Workforce & Education

America's Mining Investment Must Reach Students

America is investing in mining and critical-minerals education, but students cannot pursue careers they have never discovered. The workforce challenge begins long before college.

Reaching students earlier with authentic career stories and clear paths to college programs, technical training, internships and apprenticeships can help turn national investment into graduates, rewarding careers and a stronger domestic critical-minerals workforce.

Mining career discovery must begin earlier, while students are still in high school.

Career Invites•Sep 9, 2026

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Workforce

America's Mining Workforce Crisis Is Becoming a National Security Risk

The United States is entering an era defined by electrification, artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing, and strategic competition over critical minerals.

Copper, lithium, titanium, rare earths, and other mined materials power everything from electricity grids and data centers to electric vehicles and defense systems.

Yet beneath the policy debates and supply chain headlines lies a deeper risk: America is running out of the people who know how to mine.

Career Invites•Feb 24, 2026

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Utilities

77k Lineman per Year Needed by 2028, But Where Will They Come From?

More insights and research articles will be published here regularly.

Career Invites•Coming Soon

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