Economics & Entrepreneurship

The findings, published today in the journal Science, show that improved recovery of critical minerals such as cobalt, lithium and rare earth elements currently being discarded as tailings of other mineral streams could meet the U.S. demand for energy, defense and technology applications.

The Mines Entrepreneurship and Innovation Ecosystem is supporting Mines-grown research that is ready to launch from the lab through the new Faculty Startup Fellowship, which give Mines professors course relief and support from Beck Venture Center to commercialize their technologies.

Despite being just one year old, the 31,000-square-foot facility on the Mines campus is incubating 57 startups and counts more than 250 business members and more than 30 investor members.

A team of students from Colorado School of Mines has been selected by NASA to participate in the University Student Research Challenge (USRC), an initiative designed to engage university teams in real

Many Orediggers are putting their Mines education to work by contributing to greentech research and development. They’re motivated by different reasons: Some like the challenge of solving technical problems or want to do their part to protect the environment. Others enjoy the fast-moving, all-hands-on-deck atmosphere of a startup.

Since opening to the campus community in February 2024, the InnoHub has established itself as the go-to place on campus for student-led collaborations, student maker-oriented clubs and project-based competition teams.

The inaugural fund, Mines Venture Fund 1, provides startup capital to entrepreneurs and innovators with ties to Colorado School of Mines.

Economics and Business' Ian Lange leads a federal subcommittee to examine the role of critical metals in transitional energy sources.

The partnership between Mines and Maybell Quantum grew out of their joint participation in Elevate Quantum, a Mountain West consortium that was awarded $41 million in federal funding and $84 million in state support with the mission to secure the U.S.’ lead in quantum technology.