Underground at the Michigan nickel mine shaping Minnesota's mining debate

Aaron Malone, research assistant professor in mining engineering, published a case study on Eagle’s reception by locals last year. He said that over the 12 years it has operated, most local have come to accept the Eagle Mine.
August 10, 2026

Trump to unveil $254 million mining education grant

This article nots Colorado School of Mines was expected to receive $32.7 million to establish a critical minerals technology development hub.
August 8, 2026

Trump announces $180 million to boost mining education

This piece notes a new hub at Mines will test and scale new technologies for mineral processing, recovery, refining, recycling and advanced materials— and ultimately move those technologies into the domestic supply chain.
August 7, 2026

Federal funding to boost educational programs for mining industry, including School of Mines

Story notes Mines was one of the mining schools nationally that received funding to boost mining education.
August 7, 2026

Exploration phase companies challenged by labor shortage

Stephen Enders, professor emeritus of practice in mining engineering, said "the cool kids study mining now." He noted that students majoring in mining engineering has more than doubled at Mines.
August 7, 2026

Urban landscapes can boost storms—or break them up

Xinxin Sui, a post-doctoral researcher at Mines, and her colleagues painstakingly separated and classified individual storms from 23 years’ worth of high-resolution radar data.
August 6, 2026

School of Mines researcher urges facts in data center debate

Maxwell Brown, assistant professor in economics and business, is interviewed about the controversy around the construction of new data centers.
August 5, 2026

Climate change made the West’s snow drought far more likely—but it’s still not the new normal

This University of Colorado newsletter piece features a Q & A with Adrienne Marshall, a computational hydrologist and assistant professor in geology/geological engineering, about her new drought study.
August 3, 2026

Guam 3D printing factory to reach full operating capacity by February

This article discusses the Colorado School of Mines' additive manufacturing-focused partnership with the University of Guam.
August 2, 2026

Months after Pemex gas well accident in Mexico, health and pollution concerns grow

Mikhail Zhizhin, a researcher at ⁠the Earth Observation Group at Mines, estimated that 300 million cubic meters of gas were flared at the well between March ⁠and July 2026, about equal to half the natural ⁠gas consumed by Mexican households in 2023.
July 31, 2026

Douglas County commissioners exploring possibility of small nuclear reactors

Jenifer Shafer, the Ben L. Fryrear Presidential Chair and professor in the Chemistry Department and Nuclear Science & Engineering Program, predicts that Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) will become an important part of the nation's energy infrastructure ....
July 31, 2026

Resolution Copper Establishes $54 Million Tribal Trust

Richard Luarkie, director of the Native American Mining and Energy Sovereignty Program at the Payne Institute, said the Trust reflects what is possible when consultation leads to sustained collaboration.
July 30, 2026