Monitoring China’s Mineral Stockpiling and Understanding Its Military Implications 7/26/2024

Monitoring China’s Mineral Stockpiling and Understanding Its Military Implications Payne Institute Communication Associate Gregory Wischer and Director Morgan Bazilian co-author an article about discerning when China is stockpiling – and why – is increasingly...

A Systems Engineering Approach to Decarbonizing Mining: Analyzing Electrification and CO2 Emission Reduction Scenarios for Copper Mining Haulage Systems 7/25/2024

A Systems Engineering Approach to Decarbonizing Mining: Analyzing Electrification and CO2 Emission Reduction Scenarios for Copper Mining Haulage Systems Payne Institute Faculty Fellow Dr. H. Sebnem Düzgün, student researcher Kemalcan Aydogdu and Evren Deniz Yaylaci...

RADIOACTIVE 7/17/2024

Radioactive Payne Institute Faculty Fellow Ian Lange contributes to this article about how Energy Fuels Inc., a Denver company, is seeking to mine uranium near the Grand Canyon — and an Indigenous tribe’s long fight to stop it.  Prices for uranium rose enough for the...

Why steel prices have been sagging all year

Why steel prices have been sagging all year Payne Institute Faculty Fellow Ian Lange is featured on this podcast about how there are two reasons steel prices have dropped? Slowed construction spending and flat-ish manufacturing activity.  In China, because their...

Mineral Supply Chains and Space Assets 7/9/2024

Mineral Supply Chains and Space Assets Payne Institute Fellow Gregory Wischer, Gregory Autry, and Director Morgan Bazilian write about how both the United States and China seek to build and deploy significant numbers of space assets, most of which are mineral...

A tell-tale sign that China could be preparing for war 7/4/24

A Tell-tale Sign that China Could Be Preparing For War Payne Institute Fellow Gregory Wischer’s ‘Statement for the Record’ was highlighted in an article discussing how a telling similarity has been noticed between what Germany was doing before it...