Critical Minerals

U.S. Department of Commerce awards $38 million to Missouri S&T’s critical minerals Tech Hub

Posted by on July 22, 2026

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) has awarded Missouri S&T’s Regional Innovation and Technology Hub (Tech Hub) $38 million to help rebuild America’s domestic critical minerals supply chain.

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Missouri S&T named core partner in $160 million NSF Critical Materials Crossroads Engine

Posted by on July 14, 2026

Missouri S&T will serve as a core partner in the Critical Materials Crossroads Engine, an initiative selected today for up to $160 million through the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Regional Innovation Engines program.

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Engineers Week Q&A: Maryam Osali aims to transform waste into opportunity

Posted by on February 26, 2026

Maryam Osali is a Ph.D. student in mining engineering at Missouri S&T. Here is a Q&A with Osali in commemoration of National Engineers Week 2026.

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Missouri S&T to host fifth annual critical minerals national workshop Aug. 6-7

Posted by on July 8, 2025

Missouri S&T will host the fifth annual Resilient Supply of Critical Minerals national workshop supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Wednesday, Aug. 6, and Thursday, Aug. 7. 

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National Engineers Week: Q&A with Hazal Melis Aytac, Ph.D. student in mining engineering 

Posted by on February 19, 2025

Hazal Melis Aytac, of Turkey, is a Ph.D. student in mining engineering at Missouri S&T. Here is a Q&A with Aytac in commemoration of National Engineers Week 2025.  

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First Solar supports Missouri S&T efforts to secure critical materials supply chains

Posted by on January 21, 2025

First Solar, Inc. has established the Endowed Professorship in Critical Energy Materials in the materials science and engineering department at Missouri S&T. The decision to endow a professorship reflects the strategic alignment between the two organizations, which have collaborated on critical minerals, particularly tellurium, for the past decade.

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S&T student selected as scholar for national organization’s Critical Minerals Research Lab 

Posted by on November 27, 2024

A Ph.D. student in mining engineering at Missouri S&T has been selected for Resources for the Future’s first class of scholars for its Critical Minerals Research Lab. 

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Experts converge at S&T to discuss solutions for nation’s critical minerals crisis 

Posted by on August 23, 2024

Experts from across the United States came together earlier this month at Missouri S&T’s campus for the fourth annual Resilient Supply of Critical Minerals workshop funded by the National Science Foundation.  

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Missouri S&T professor receives $875,000 from Rio Tinto for critical minerals research 

Posted by on April 22, 2024

A Missouri S&T professor has been awarded $875,000 from Rio Tinto, a global mining group, for a two-year project researching new techniques to recover critical minerals in the waste byproducts that come from extracting and refining copper. 

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Alagha, Xu named Quenon Associate Professors at Missouri S&T

Posted by on April 10, 2024

Drs. Lana Alagha and Guang Xu have been appointed Robert H. Quenon Associate Professors of Mining Engineering at Missouri S&T.  

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