Images from “A Celebration of Cornish Mining: from local expertise to global opportunities” – a conference and networking event to mark the centenary of the Cornish Chamber of Mines and Minerals held on Thursday 7th September 2017 at Heartlands, Pool, near Redruth, Cornwall. There were 174 participants, 11 talks, 21 stands, 5 afternoon break out groups & visits to South Crofty (Strongbow) and Rosevale mine. Click on the images (courtesy of Toby Weller) below to “lightbox” them out for a better view!
Conference Presenters
Presenters in the Cornish ”mizzle” at Heartlands
David Goldburn
Operations Manger Holman Wilfley
Down South Crofty
Rauno Toppila (4th right) from the Arctic Mining Cluster talked in a breakout session & joined a tour of South Crofty mine
Keith Russ & Che Osmond
Keith (Strongbow) & Che (Wardell Armstrong)
Packed House
Packed House at the Conference
Tony Batchelor
Tony from Geoscience Ltd talking about geothermal energy in Cornwall
New CSM Staff
CSM line up of new lecturers who gave their views on the future of mining (Matt Eyre, Hannah Hughes, Penda Diallo, Weiguo Xie, Benedikt Steiner)
Appreciative audience
Appreciative audience enjoying one of the many stimulating talks
Nick Wilshaw
Nick Wilshaw, Grinding Solutions, gave an overview of the history of Cornwall as a centre of mining innovation
Mark & Bernard
Mark Kazcmarek (Cornwall Council) who spoke about minerals planning and safeguarding, in discussion with Bernard Ballard, Chair of the Cornish Chamber of Mines and Minerals
James Strongman
Spotted in the audience – James Strongman, Petrolab Ltd focusing on the talk.
Benny Steiner
Dylan McFarlane (Pact) and Benny Steiner (CSM)
Ruth Cherrington
Ruth Cherrington, conference organising committee
Beth Colgan
Beth Colgan (CSM) representing Women in Mining (UK)
Tony Bennett
Tony Bennett, member of the organising committee
Matthew Vowels
Matthew Vowels, Cornwall Development Company, talking about European Structural Funds and SME access to funding in Cornwall
Simon Trahair-Davies
Simon Trahair-Davies, Stephens Scown leads a breakout group legal issues in the life of a mine
Virtual Reality
Exploring virtual reality in mining: Mark Goodwin (Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of Exeter ) with Matt Eyre (Lecturer)
John & Kate
John Coggan and Kate Smith (CSM)
Sue & Heather
Sue Dennis and Heather Vinter with the South Crofty Collection
Austrian Students
Students from the University of Montanuniversität, Leoben, Austria
Ashley Shopland
Ashley Shopland, Imerys, surrounded by questions after his talk
Two Jeremys
Jeremy Hurst (developing tech clothing for the mining industry) and Jeremy Wrathall, Cornish Lithium
Ian Lamond
MC for the day, Ian Lamond, former Chair of the CCMM, keeps an eye on proceedings
James Blight
James Blight, Cornwall Resources, talked about the Redmoor Tin Project
Glen Heather
Glen Heather, Imerys, asks a question
Coffee & Chats
Conversations over coffee
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