Armed with an aggressive lobbying agenda, NMA aims to dispel myths about environmental practices

Mining might seem an old-fashioned occupation, and, indeed, the mining of minerals and metals dates back thousands of years. Yet materials from mines are used in everyday life in all sorts of ways: to provide electricity, to make such products as computers, and much more.

Society can hardly do without the products of mines - or so argues the National Mining Association (NMA), which represents some 325 ...