
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.
