Critical Minerals

Walt Copan sits at a table behind a sign with his name on it speaking

November 21, 2025

Copan testifies before U.S. House committee on mineral and mining innovation

Aerial view of the Energy and Minerals Research Facility under construction on the Colorado School of Mines campus in Golden, Colorado, with a tower crane rising above the steel-framed building and the foothills in the background.

September 18, 2025

New Mines-USGS facility will fast-track the nation's critical minerals research

Aerial view of Guggenheim building surrounded by trees, set against a backdrop of dry, rolling hills under a clear blue sky.

September 9, 2025

Payne Institute 2025 State of Critical Minerals Report: How processing and recovery can strengthen U.S. mineral security

Aerial view of Guggenheim building surrounded by trees, set against a backdrop of dry, rolling hills under a clear blue sky.

September 5, 2025

Inside the Colorado School of Mines student research shaping the future of critical minerals

Reza Hedayat wears a lab coat, safety glasses and green gloves next to a large machine in the mine tailings lab.

September 4, 2025

Mine waste offers new path to sourcing critical minerals, sustainable construction materials

Rendered illustration of the USGS Energy and Minerals Research Facility

September 3, 2025

Mines and US Geological Survey expand critical minerals and energy research partnership with new joint facility

A Mines PhD student in safety glasses and a respirator weighs out a sample in a lab.

September 2, 2025

Critical Minerals Week: Mines researchers leading collaborations to increase domestic mining, secure supply chains

closeup of copper

August 21, 2025

U.S. already has the critical minerals it needs – but they're being thrown away

Two students in hard hats and safety glasses use a pole-mounted scanner to survey a rock face inside the Edgar Experimental Mine during a Colorado School of Mines geology field session.

July 30, 2025

How Colorado School of Mines is shaping the future of mining

Reza Hedayat, right, and Farid Shabani stand in a Colorado School of Mines research lab as Shabani holds a mine tailings sample, with lab equipment and a presentation screen in the background.

May 30, 2025

Mines researchers turn mine tailings into high-performance construction materials

Morgan Bazilian testifies before U.S. Congress

February 6, 2025

Mines professor testifies before U.S. House on critical role of domestic mining in national security

Ian Lange

January 21, 2025

Mines professor assessing role of metals markets in energy transition