Workshop: Applications of Satellite Technologies in the Mining Sector
The Satellite Applications Catapult, in association with the Cornwall Mining Alliance (CMA) and the Camborne School of Mines (University of Exeter), would like to invite CMA members, and relevant parties in the South West, to a workshop to explore how satellite...
CSM Association Host Cornish Lithium Talk
Cornwall Mining Alliance members, the Camborne School of Mines Association is proud to present a talk from CSM graduate and Chief Executive of Cornish Lithium Ltd, Jeremy Wrathall, which will be taking place in the Chapel Theatre, at the Penryn Campus of the...
EXPONOR Chile 2017
The Department for International Trade in Chile is keen for members of the Cornwall Mining Alliance to exhibit in the UK pavilion at Exponor in May. The UK Government Department for International Trade (DIT) helps British companies of all sizes to grow their business...
Scanning the Subsurface
The Cornwall Mining Alliance (CMA) met with Mark Hudson of Geoterra Ltd to discuss recent developments in the laser scanning and modelling of mine workings and how a range of techniques could be used to compliment the work of CMA members. Geoterra Ltd visited Cornwall...
Forging UK Links with Chile – International Mining Conferences
The Department of International Trade (DIT) of the British Embassy in Chile is developing a UK Mining Directory in order to provide insight and develop commercial connections between Chilean needs and UK suppliers of products and services to the sector. The Cornwall...
Cornwall Mining Alliance Sponsor the Process Mineralogy ’17 Conference
The Cornwall Mining Alliance (CMA) is proud to sponsor the Process Mineralogy ’17 conference in Cape Town, South Africa, on 22 to 24 March. The CMA will be joining other prestigious sponsors in support of this 4th international symposium on process mineralogy. The...
New Research in Malawi for Raw Materials in Green Technologies
Pivotal new collaborative research, led by Cornwall Mining Alliance member Camborne School of Mines, provides a ground-breaking explanation of why remarkably high levels of these crucial earth elements are found at the Songwe Hill Rare Earth Project in Malawi,...
Future Employment Trends for Graduates in Mining and Related Industries
In 2014 the Trustees of the Camborne School of Mines Trust, commissioned Piran Mining Research Ltd (PMR) to undertake a study into graduate employment in the mining and mineral-related industries. The Trust planned to use the study to not only target its fund raising...
Responsible Mining Challenges & Opportunities in Africa
On 7th and 8th of November, the Camborne School of Mines (CSM) hosted over 30 participants for a workshop connecting social responsibility in mining with the technical challenges facing geologists, mining and minerals engineers. The workshop brought together experts...
Safeguarding Cornwall’s Minerals
The Cornish Chamber of Mines and Minerals is a consultee on mineral policy. The Chamber will be coordinating feedback for Cornwall Council on the draft Minerals Safeguarding Plan. The Minerals Safeguarding Plan aims to look after natural resources which are found in...
Tellus how data can be used for the Minerals Sector
The Tellus South West project was a collaborative data gathering initiative funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and carried out by a partnership of the British Geological Survey (BGS), the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH), the British...
The Cornwall Mining Alliance has launched!
The Cornwall Mining Alliance (CMA) is a new group which brings together Cornwall’s mining expertise. Last Thursday the CMA was launched in an event at the University of Exeter’s Penryn Campus, hosted by Camborne School of Mines and the Environment and Sustainability...
Rock Armour – from Sea to Shore
Keynvor Morlift Ltd (KML) are specialists in the provision of near-shore and offshore marine operations and services. The Company is adept at working in challenging environments and has an established background in marine renewable energy construction and civil...
Women in Mining in Cornwall
The first Women in Mining (UK) Speedmentoring Dinner to be held outside of London took place in Cornwall on 22 June 2016. Twenty people attended a lively and enjoyable dinner at The Garden Room of the Princess Pavilion in Falmouth. Two mentors were joined by up to...
Nigeria to Newquay
Ché Osmond is a freelance geologist and a key member of the CMA. The CMA spoke to Ché about the work he is involved with, in the UK and overseas, and was interested to find out more about two recent projects he has worked on. Ché was brought in to provide exploration...
Promoting the CMA – Home & Away
The Cornwall Mining Alliance was represented at two recent marketing events in Cornwall and Chile. CMA members attended the Cornwall Business Fair at the Eden Project, run by Cornwall Chamber of Commerce, to network with local businesses and delegates from...
A New Way to find Copper Deposits – Tested in Chile
A new study published in Nature Geoscience (February 2016) by Dr Ben Williamson, of the Camborne School of Mines – University of Exeter, together with Prof. Richard Herrington from the Natural History Museum, London, has proposed a new method to explore for porphyry copper deposits.
The Alliance Model – Strength in Numbers
With the launch of the Cornwall Mining Alliance website and mining services directory South West, Kathy Hicks (owner of Carrak Consulting and Director of the Cornish Chamber of Mines & Minerals) has high hopes that the initiative will provide the means and inspiration for like-minded and uniquely experienced mining professionals to collaborate and respond to exciting new opportunities.
Fantastic, and really interesting, my mate Josh and I lived in those workings back in the summer of 1968 and…
Part of Cornwall's rich Mining Heritage which sadly many people living here today do not know ever existed. A very…
Coming from a very old Perranporth family with links to mining though my grandfather and great grandfather I am very…
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[…] a new display at the museum. The project will combine the technical and academic expertise of Camborne School of…