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.