Navajo Mine makes history by earning the National Mining Association’s prestigious Sentinels of Safety Award – presented each year to the mine with the best safety record in the US – and the National Award for Excellence in Surface Mining Reclamation. While NTEC has received both of these awards multiple times (Sentinels of Safety in 2020 & 2022, and Excellence in Surface Mine Reclamation in 2016, 2021-22 & 2024), they had never before been awarded to the same mine in the same year.