Critical minerals mining and Native American sovereignty: Comparing case studies of lithium, copper, antimony, nickel and graphite mining in the United States 10/24/2024

Critical minerals mining and Native American sovereignty: Comparing case studies of lithium, copper, antimony, nickel and graphite mining in the United States Payne Institute Communications Associate Macdonald Amoah, Benjamin K. Sovacool, Fellow Dustin Mulvaney,...

Moving in the wrong direction

Moving in the wrong direction Payne Institute’s Earth Observation Group provided the satellite data in this article about flaring emissions from global upstream oil and gas production activity increased by 7% from 2022 to 2023, according to latest Rystad Energy...

How clean energy legislation can incentivize US mineral production 10/11/2024

How clean energy legislation can incentivize US mineral production Payne Institute Communications Associate Gregory Wischer and Director Morgan Bazilian write about how the presidential candidates disagree on much, they seem to largely agree on the need to support...

Payne Institute for Public Policy 2024 State of Critical Minerals Report highlights potential of mining tailings and steep nickel cost curve 10/10/2024

Payne Institute for Public Policy 2024 State of Critical Minerals Report highlights potential of mining tailings and steep nickel cost curve A new critical minerals report from The Payne Institute for Public Policy at Colorado School of Mines highlights the vast...

THE STATE OF CRITICAL MINERALS REPORT 2024 10/10/2024

THE STATE OF CRITICAL MINERALS REPORT 2024 The Payne Institute for Public Policy and the Colorado School of Mines has released its second annual State of Critical Minerals Report. Building on last year’s report, which provided a comprehensive overview of the supply,...

CHINA, CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES, AND NATIONAL SECURITY 10/2/2024

CHINA, CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES, AND NATIONAL SECURITY Payne Institute Fellow Joshua Busby, Director Morgan Bazilian, and Emily Holland write about how the Biden administration announced sweeping 100 percent import tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles as well as the...