How students maintain the iconic ‘M’ in Golden

Students in Blue Key Honor Society, the custodians of Mines' mountainside emblem, recently changed the M to light up as a bat to celebrate Halloween.
November 6, 2025

Rare Earths Are Hot. Not All of the Government’s New Buys Will Thrive.

Morgan Bazilian and Brad Handler of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, Ian Lange, professor of economics and business, and student researcher Andrew Bauman authored this opinion piece on the potential impact of the U.S. government's renewed push ....
November 5, 2025

China’s rare earth export delay offers US a chance to weaken Beijing’s grip on the market

Ian Lange, professor of economics and business, said he thinks the U.S. and its allies can make significant progress in a year’s time to lessen China's dominance of the rare earths market.
October 30, 2025

One of the country's few rare earth processing plants opens in Exeter

Ian Lange, professor of economics and business, discusses the potential for a rare earth processing plant in New Hampshire.
October 30, 2025

The hidden mineral reserve: How U.S. mine tailings could cut imports and reduce toxic waste

Elizabeth Holley, associate professor of mining engineering, discusses how mine waste can be processed to fulfill part of the country's need for critical minerals.
October 27, 2025

Families discover fossils, robots and more at Mines Museum’s Spooktacular

Hundreds of costumed youngsters and their families stopped by the Mines Museum of Earth Science for the fifth annual Spooktacular, a candy-free event that emphasizes STEM-based activities and goodies.
October 26, 2025

Rising AI demand Is fueling higher electricity bills

Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, co-authors this piece that argues that as utilities race to meet the energy appetite of the AI economy they are quietly transferring part of that burden to the public.
October 22, 2025

US and Australia agree to partner to break up China's dominance of rare earths

Ian Lange, professor of economics and business, notes that creating the infrastructure for critical minerals mining and processing facilities presents the U.S. and Australia with many challenges.
October 21, 2025

Call it a silver squeeze

Ian Lange, professor of economics and business, explains that silver's importance is magnified because the metal is used in a myriad of consumer and industrial goods.
October 21, 2025

Great Lakes seeing near-record warm waters this fall

Eric Anderson, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, said the Great Lakes are primed to see a higher possibility of lake effect snow because of higher water temperatures.
October 20, 2025

Study finds snow melts faster after wildfires

Arielle Koshkin, doctoral candidate in hydrologic science and engineering, discusses her study that demonstrated snow melts more quickly in burned forests.
October 17, 2025

Reimagining tailings

A Mines study published in Science Magazine that found the U.S. can find most of the critical minerals it needs in the waste piles from existing mines is referenced.
October 16, 2025