300 Million Americans Need 7 Billion Tons to Maintain Living Standard

Maintaining the American standard of living required 7.1 billion tons of rocks and minerals last year to make the things we use and depend upon every day, says Nelson Fugate, president of the Denver-based Mineral Information Institute (MII). “Every year, nearly 48,000 pounds of new minerals must be provided for every person in the United States to make the products we buy and the various things we use,” says Fugate, “and with 300 million people in the U.S. expecting to live comfortably and affordably, mining has to occur somewhere.”

Each year the Institute calculates the annual and lifetime consumption of mineral and energy resources from information provided by the U.S. Geological Survey and other sources to show the dependence that Americans have on the mining industry. more>>>

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H.R. Corner

A new year and a new owner have brought about some changes for all of us. These changes include new benefits, new forms, new policies and procedures, new accounting and payroll systems.

Change can be frustrating at times but in order to progress we must be willing to learn and adapt.

Change can also be positive. It can give us a new direction, new ideas and new opportunities. Like Hem and Haw in the book, Who Moved My Cheese?, new beliefs encourage new behaviors and the quicker you let go of old cheese, the sooner you can enjoy new cheese.