A new hub at Mines will test and scale new technologies for mineral processing, recovery, refining, recycling and advanced materials— and ultimately move those technologies into the domestic supply chain.

Mines was one of the mining schools nationally that received funding to boost mining education.

Stephen Enders, professor emeritus of practice in mining engineering, said "the cool kids study mining now." He noted that students majoring in mining engineering has more than doubled at Mines.

Xinxin Sui, a post-doctoral researcher at Mines, and her colleagues painstakingly separated and classified individual storms from 23 years’ worth of high-resolution radar data.

Maxwell Brown, assistant professor in economics and business, is interviewed about the controversy around the construction of new data centers.

Adrienne Marshall, a computational hydrologist and assistant professor in geology/geological engineering, discusses her new drought study.

Colorado School of Mines' has an additive manufacturing-focused partnership with the University of Guam.

Mikhail Zhizhin, a researcher at ⁠the Earth Observation Group at Mines, estimated that 300 million cubic meters of gas were flared at the well between March ⁠and July 2026, about equal to half the natural ⁠gas consumed by Mexican households in 2023.

Jenifer Shafer, the Ben L. Fryrear Presidential Chair and professor in the Chemistry Department and Nuclear Science & Engineering Program, predicts that Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) will become an important part of the nation's energy infrastructure ....

Richard Luarkie, director of the Native American Mining and Energy Sovereignty Program at the Payne Institute, said the Trust reflects what is possible when consultation leads to sustained collaboration.