Securing Mineral Supply: Backwards Vertical Integration for Technology Companies 3/9/23

Securing Mineral Supply: Backwards Vertical Integration for Technology Companies Master of Public Policy, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago student researcher Christian Gaona writes about how the demand for minerals has increased with the growing...

TURNING WASTES TO RARE VALUE

TURNING WASTES TO RARE VALUE Payne Institute student researcher Hassan Al Hassan writes about how there remain considerable uncertainties surrounding critical mineral supply chains, and their relationship to energy transitions and energy security. There is clear...

Oil & Gas Industry being a Good Neighbor: Getting a License to Operate Through Proactive Community Engagement 10/27/22

Oil & Gas Industry being a Good Neighbor: Getting a License to Operate Through Proactive Community Engagement Payne Institute student researcher Wyatt Lindsey and Faculty Fellow Jim Crompton write about how in the DJ Basin in Colorado, there has been a collision...

Repurposing Abandoned Mine Lands and the Clean Energy Transition 10/4/22

Repurposing Abandoned Mine Lands and the Clean Energy Transition Payne Institute and Mines Advanced Energy Systems student researcher Peyton Sanders writes about how thousands of abandoned mines across the US are now becoming potential sites for clean energy projects...

Critical Minerals and Security: A Look at Gallium

Critical Minerals and Security: A Look at Gallium Payne Institute Advanced Energy Systems student Peyton Sanders writes about how gallium plays a vital role in the development of critical defense and energy technologies, and demand is growing. The US is entirely...

Metal Market Analysis: An Empirical Model for Copper Supply and Demand 6/29/22

Metal Market Analysis: An Empirical Model for Copper Supply and Demand Payne Institute student Sayeh Shojaeinia writes about how copper is expected to play a big role in the global move to renewable energy over the next decade, as solar, wind, and electric vehicles...