An American Mine Still Has Millions of Tons of Copper, If Companies Can Get to It

Corby Anderson, Harrison Western Professor of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, discusses the history of treating calcopyrite to make copper.
April 2, 2025

Avenue Flashes: Howd-E! It’s a helluva time at Mines E-Days

Longtime Golden resident John Akal shares his love for Mines' upcoming western-themed E-Days and details what's planned for the 2025 E-Days.
April 1, 2025

School of Mines raising $10M to invest in startups with school connection

Todd McLean, managing director, Business Enterprises, Mines Foundation, said about $3 million has been raised so far for the Mines Venture Fund I and he hopes to add $7 million more by the end of the year.
March 31, 2025

Mining Regulatory Clarity Act 2025 aims to secure U.S. mineral supply chains and national security

Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, explains that minerals are vital for energy transition and that only through the domestic production of the minerals will the U.S. obtain the security it is seeking.
March 31, 2025

Opinion: The mining executive order needs creative financial support to achieve its goals

In this opinion piece, Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, and Brad Handler, program manager for Payne's Energy Finance Lab, discuss the role that private investors and lenders play in the production of critical minerals.
March 31, 2025

U.S. Delegation Visits Greenland Amid Trump Pressure Campaign

Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, provides context about the challenges of a establishing a mining sector.
March 28, 2025

Hill looks to bolster Trump on minerals executive order

Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, discusses how the administration could take action on its own.
March 26, 2025

Greenland’s minerals won’t secure the U.S. supply chain

Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, along with his co-authors, discusses the United States' new interest in minerals located in Greenland.
March 26, 2025

Trade-offs of the green transition: Is mining critical minerals better than extracting fossil fuels?

Raphael Deberdt, a postdoctoral researcher in mining engineering, explains how the current economic system incentivizes resource extraction over reuse and reduction of resource consumption.
March 26, 2025

How China Beat Out the U.S. to Become the Top Player in Rare-Earths Refining

Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, discusses the challenge posed by China's dominance in the processing and refining of ores.
March 24, 2025

Will I-80 ever be fixed? What we know after collapsed mines cause 3 sinkholes.

Paul Santi, professor of geology and geological engineering, talks about the varied causes of sinkholes.
March 24, 2025

Are we on the verge of mining metals from the asteroids above Earth?

Ian Lange, associate professor of economics and business, explains that we're only currently able to estimate the technological hurdles of asteroid mining.
March 23, 2025