Corby Anderson, a metallurgist at the Colorado School of Mines, said the Nevada mine would be an important domestic source of lithium, which the U.S. currently imports primarily from South America now.

Big energy companies like Shell, BP and Chevron are joining a consortium created by the U.S. Geological Survey and Colorado School of Mines to study geologic hydrogen, but a handful of ambitious startups are already on the hunt

Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, co-authored this opinion piece on the high-stakes efforts by the U.S. and China to gain and maintain advantage across several technological and manufacturing capabilities.

Elizabeth Holley, associate professor of mining engineering at Colorado School of Mines, appeared on BNN Bloomberg to discuss the prospects of cobalt mining in the U.S. amid heightened demand for EV batteries.

Sam Spiegel, assistant vice president for online education, wrote this opinion piece about the common misconceptions of online learning that can lead to "bumps" in the human-technology interface.

By 2030, half of the current U.S. mining workforce — about 221,000 workers — is expected to retire and will need to be replaced, not to mention the workers needed for new lithium mines in Nevada and elsewhere. Yet the country’s 14 university-level mining engineering programs saw their combined body of graduates drop by half in the last five years, to a paltry 172 graduates this year, said Steve Enders, a professor of mining engineering at the Colorado School of Mines.

“When you look at damage to a building or a road or something, most of the time you can track it back to something to do with water,” said Paul Santi, a professor of Geological Engineering at Colorado School of Mines.

Whether it’s downtown visitors who need a little help getting around or Colorado School of Mines students wanting to access the RTD rail lines, the four-wheeled solution has arrived.

Executive Vice President of Colorado School of Mines Kirsten Volpi says the project will fill a need for employees, while strengthening the school. "In order to be able to help with retention to help recruit more diverse faculty in particular women ....

Justin Shaffer, teaching professor of chemical and biological engineering, wrote this opinion piece about how calculating the specific cost per minute of instructional time can make instructors —and students—reconsider how they approach class time.