Critical Minerals

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

industrial equipment sits on rocky ground with blue skies

November 18, 2024

Mines faculty examine the integration of mining, refining for domestic critical mineral production

Aerial view from Guggenheim Hall's gold-domed tower overlooking campus buildings and fall foliage, with South Table Mountain in the distance.

October 10, 2024

2024 State of Critical Minerals Report highlights potential of mine tailings, steep nickel cost curve

Elizabeth Holley sits at a table before a congressional committee

September 13, 2024

Mines faculty member testifies before congressional critical minerals working group on U.S. mineral workforce

John Hickenlooper stands at a podium at Critical Minerals Symposium

September 13, 2024

Sen. Hickenlooper announces bipartisan legislation at Mines Critical Minerals Symposium

Aerial photo of Guggenheim Hall at Colorado School of Mines.

September 5, 2024

Mines, Payne Institute for Public Policy announce grant from Quadrature Climate Foundation