Year 9 students from Penryn, Pool and Poltair Schools attended our Environment and Sustainability Day on the 5th February at the ESI at our Penryn […]
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Cornish Institute of Engineers – Women in Mining ‘Making Tailings Safe’ Panel Discussion
On February 27th the Cornish Institute of Engineers and Women in Mining sponsored a panel discussion at the Penryn Campus of the University of Exeter […]
Karen Hudson-Edwards
I am from Canada but have lived in the UK for almost half my life. I moved to Cornwall in 2017 to take up a […]
NEMO: Near-zero-waste recycling of low-grade sulphidic mining waste for critical-metal, mineral and construction raw-material production in a circular economy
The NEMO project looks at ways for revalorising mine waste for its further use. At Exeter we are using microorganisms to help metals dissolve (bioleaching) […]
GeoNetZero Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT): UK legacy mine waste: a new Critical Metal resource for the Green Economy?
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Laura Newsome
I’m originally from Yorkshire. After finishing my undergraduate degree I moved to Manchester and lived there for 13 years, before moving to Camborne School of […]
Using microbes to get cobalt out of rocks
Cobalt is becoming more and more important in modern technology, particularly through its use in rechargeable batteries for solar power and electric cars, and as […]
Making microbes work for us at Wessex OUGS
Laura Newsome was invited to give a lecture for the Wessex Branch of the Open University Geology Society in January 2020. Read their report here […]
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