The 2025 State of Critical Minerals Report from the Payne Institute for Public Policy at Colorado School of Mines underscores opportunities to strengthen U.S. mineral security through smarter investment in refining, processing, byproduct recovery and recycling.
The outsized role critical minerals play in defense and renewable energy applications fuels much of the attention on this sector now. China has raced ahead of the rest of the world in mining, refining
A new state-of-the-art facility on the Colorado School of Mines campus opening in 2027 will unite researchers from USGS and Mines to advance critical minerals and energy research vital to national priorities.
NAMES will host its second annual Native American Mining and Energy Sovereignty Symposium this month in Ignacio, Colorado, on the Reservation of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe.
An anthropologist who studies energy, engineering and public accountability, Smith is one of 26 scholars across the United States – and the first Mines professor ever – selected for the prestigious honor.
By Sarah Kuta, Special to Mines Research Magazine The energy transition is a major undertaking that requires collaboration from all corners of industry — from oil and gas to solar and wind. But some
Samy Wu Fung and Daniel McKenzie, both assistant professors of applied mathematics and statistics at Mines, are working together on optimization models that find efficient ways to deliver power.
Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, provided strategic recommendations to strengthen national security to Congressional sub committee.
The Payne Institute for Public Policy at Colorado School of Mines is pleased to announce two upcoming events focused on strategies to reduce methane emissions in the production and distribution of
