Critical Minerals

Jihye Kim, Jaeheon Lee and Corby Anderson

August 4, 2026

Mines metallurgists turning waste into valuable critical minerals

Lawrence Cho, Megan Holtz and Jihye Kim

July 23, 2026

3 Metallurgical and Materials Engineering professors win NSF CAREER Awards

Jen Shafer works in a glove box in the Radiochemistry Lab

July 22, 2026

Mines selected for 2 Genesis Mission projects to apply AI to critical mineral exploration, nuclear energy

Sebnem Duzgun, Elizabeth Holley and Aaron Goodman

July 21, 2026

Meet 3 Mines researchers changing the rules for critical minerals exploration in the U.S.

President Paul C. Johnson smiling in his office.

July 14, 2026

Five questions on critical minerals with Mines President Paul C. Johnson

Abdesselem Dehdouh, a PhD candidate in petroleum engineering, in geothermal fluid characterization lab

June 8, 2026

$4.5M endowed chair gift will drive leadership of Mines' new School of Minerals and Subsurface Energy

Classroom in the Edgar Experimental Mine with students sitting at desks in hard hats and protective gear

June 8, 2026

Mines’ top-ranked mining engineering program is growing to meet workforce demand

red mud and water reflecting blue sky above

June 2, 2026

Colorado School of Mines and ElementUSA awarded $67M by DOE for construction of rare earth processing plant

USGS Energy and Minerals Research building rendering

May 11, 2026

Mines and US Geological Survey to expand critical minerals and energy research partnership with new joint facility

Aerial view of Guggenheim building surrounded by trees, set against a backdrop of dry, rolling hills under a clear blue sky.

May 7, 2026

Colorado School of Mines to support establishment of center of excellence in Uzbekistan focused on critical minerals and mining

Colorado School of Mines students in hard hats sit at desks for a class inside the Edgar Experimental Mine

May 5, 2026

Tour one of world's only university-owned mines

Mines President and NLR Laboratory Director shake hands

May 5, 2026

Colorado School of Mines announces critical minerals collaboration with National Laboratory of the Rockies