Hidden in Plain Sight was a photographic journey into the subsurface of Cornwall’s mining heritage. This collaboration aimed to show hidden environments beneath the surface, at […]
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PhD opportunity for self funded students
Do microbes help make china clay? Kaolin minerals are very important economic resources; so much so that china clay has sometimes been referred to as […]
Jiachao Jiang
I am from China and currently working as an academic visitor. My research mainly focus on the metal recovery from solid wastes and metal solidification/stabilization […]
What is the future of mining? Is it possible to extract metals from the subsurface with radically less (ideally zero) mine waste??????
Rich Crane and colleagues from the EM3 Research Group and the University of Western Australia are currently investigating how we can apply novel methods to […]
Antarctica
On December I have the pleasure to join the #ICEBERGS3 cruise to Antarctica with colleagues from 14 different nationalities. I have to thank #BAS for giving […]
New NERC project ‘Legacy Waste in the Coastal Zone: Environmental Impacts and Management Futures’ Starts
The NERC-funded Large Grant: Legacy Waste in the Coastal Zone: Environmental Risks and Management Futures’ began in January 2020 and will run for 4 years […]
New rocdminer game
rocdminer has now been released on Google Play (for Android phones); please download it and enjoy. There has been a worrying increase in incidences of […]
Gabriel Ziwa
I am originally from Zambia. I came to the UK, Cornwall, to pursue a PhD in Environmental Geochemistry and Mineralogy of Cobalt. Cornwall is a […]
Ben Williamson
I have broad reseach interests having underkaken a PhD in granite petrology and projects on granite-associated mineralisation, environmental impacts of mining-related activities, volcanology, and health […]
Carmen Falagán
I am from Spain, I moved to North Wales eight years ago and climbed several mountains while living there. In 2018 I moved away, I […]