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We’re recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to participate in the NERC consortium project LiFT: Lithium for Future Technology (https://twitter.com/Li4FutureTech). This NERC funded post is available 1 May 2021 to 30 April 2023. The project aims to better understand the Earth… Continue Reading
I’m originally from the department of Cauca, Colombia, a renowned mining district in the country. Then I moved to Manizales to do my undergraduate degree in Geology at the University of Caldas, I lived there for seven years. Now I… Continue Reading
We have just been awarded a NERC highlight topic grant for ‘Lithium for Future Technology’. This is a consortium led by the British Geological Survey with many academic and industrial partners. The project will research how to ensure a sustainable… Continue Reading
I grew up in Southwest Germany, where I worked as a cave guide long before I started my undergraduate studies in Geosciences. During my Master’s in Geology I focused on cobalt ore deposits and mineral processing methods. I am very… Continue Reading
A geoenergy renaissance is required for a low carbon economy and energy security of supply. Geoenergy systems that have been proposed include disused coal workings for district heating (see image below, https://www.ukgeos.ac.uk/) granites for geothermal electricity and combined energy and… Continue Reading
Lithium will power our low-carbon future. It is essential for lightweight batteries used to store renewable energy and power electric cars. There are three main sources of lithium: geothermal brines found in granite bedrock, brines sourced from salt lakes (see… Continue Reading
The NEMO video describing what we are doing in the project has been launched. There is a short version and a long version. Watch it to know more this initiative studying how to reduce mine waste, transforming a “problem” into… Continue Reading
I am from a small town in Wales called Llandovery. After doing my undergraduate I found this amazing PhD opportunity at Cornwall. I have visited Cornwall several times and love the area. My favourite thing about Cornwall is definitely the… Continue Reading
In a secluded corner of the Mendip Hills can be found a nature reserve with a surprising history of ancient Roman mining, an 1863 lawsuit for environmental pollution, a major cave system beneath the surface and now the focus of… Continue Reading
Carmen Falagan, David Dew and Karen Hudson-Edwards are co-authors on the newly published paper ‘Bioleaching to reprocess sulfidic polymetallic primary mining residues: Determination of metal leaching mechanisms’ that is published open access in Hydrometallurgy. This is the first paper for… Continue Reading