Paul C. Johnson, Mines president, spoke at the Washington D.C. meeting on August 7, 2026 where President Trump announced the new funding.

Mines is expected to receive $32.7 million for a new critical minerals hub and additional funds focused on mining education.

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.

Mines is one of 14 mining-focused universities nationally that expects to receive a portion of the $100 million targeted for mining education.

Colorado School of Mines will receive $32.7 million to establish a critical minerals technology development hub.

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.

Mines was one of the mining schools nationally that received funding to boost mining education.

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.

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.

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

Adrienne Marshall, a computational hydrologist and assistant professor in geology/geological engineering, discusses her new drought study.

Colorado School of Mines' has an additive manufacturing-focused partnership with the University of Guam.