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February 2022
Sundowner
There will be a Sundowner in The King's Arms in Mayfair on Thursday, the 24th of February hosted by Energold, a long time supporter of the Mining Sundowner. Feel free to show up at any time after 5:30 pm and stay for as long as you like.
Find out more »March 2022
Young Persons’ Lecture Competition
This Year’s Presentations Reducing the Risk of Legacy Tailings Facilities Martha Needs - Industry (Knight Piesold) How does Lithium mining contribute to domestic water shortages in Northern Chile Manvir Dhillon - Imperial College Increasing Demand for Minerals and Metals for the Green Energy Transition - a Wicked Problem? John Morley - Imperial College Backfill Design: Engineering Waste for Sustainable Mining David Coulton – Industry (Paterson & Cooke) This will be an online event. Registration is through Eventbrite (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/273732219437)
Find out more »SNAP – Robert Pell from Minviro
Robert Pell PhD is the Founder & Director of Minviro, a spin-out company from the University of Exeter. Minviro supports mining companies in adopting life cycle assessment approaches to their projects, highlighting environmental impacts and opportunities for improvements during the development stages of projects. Robert completed his PhD at Camborne School of Mines (University of Exeter) as part of the NERC funded SoSRare project on the topic ‘responsible sourcing of rare earth elements. During this project novel, life cycle assessment…
Find out more »April 2022
Past, Present and Future of the Milldam Mine
The MinSouth Technical Meeting on Thursday April 14th will be presented by Peter Robinson, Chairman, British Fluorspar Ltd. He will be discussing the past, present and future of the Milldam operation which is operated by Fluorsid. This will be a hybrid meeting held both on-line and at the Counting House (Dining Room) along the same lines as our October and November Meetings. It will be possible to register next week via Eventbrite, the link will be available on the web…
Find out more »SNAP MEETING: Silixa – Using fibre optic cables to monitor tailings dams
Glynn Williams CEO of Silixa Limited will be telling us of Silixa's new fibre optics measurement technology which can be used monitoring tailings dams amongst other things. Glynn is a seasoned International Oil Services/Mining Exec/Non Exec having a background in Mining, Drilling, Completion, Well Testing, Cased Hole Logging and emerging disruptive technologies. Worked in multiple service company environments including blue chip corporates, private equity backed lower-mid market and venture funded start-ups This is a virtual meeting. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
Find out more »May 2022
Lecture in conjunction with Women In Mining UK
The MinSouth Technical Meeting on Thursday 19th May will be presented by Dr Ana Santos. Ana graduated with a PhD from Bangor University in 2018 and is currently a Research Fellow in Geomicrobiology at the Natural History Museum. Her talk will be on microbial-based technologies for extraction and recovery of metals from mine wastes. These waste materials contain concentrations of critical and other metals that make them attractive for reprocessing using bioleaching and bioremediation technologies, with the important secondary benefit…
Find out more »June 2022
Prestige Lecture: Lithium potential in Cornwall
This year our Prestige Lecture will be given by Lucy Crane, an exploration geologist by training, and now ESG & Sustainability Manager for Cornish Lithium. Cornish Lithium is an innovative mineral exploration and development company, focussed on the environmentally responsible extraction of lithium from geothermal waters and hard rock in Cornwall. In this talk, Lucy will describe the Company’s approach to utilising new technologies to unlock the potential to extract critical metals such as lithium in a low carbon and…
Find out more »July 2022
Geometallurgy 2022
Geometallurgy 2022 Sustainable resource development Geometallurgy has won the hearts and minds of practitioners, as evidenced by the rise in geometallurgical positions in mining companies and consultancies. The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IoM3) is holding a Geometallurgy Conference. This is the third in the series which started in 2014. This provides a platform to consolidate the latest advances in the geometallurgy discipline. The deadline for abstract submission is Monday the 28th of February 2022. More information about the…
Find out more »October 2022
Using Micro Nuclear Reactors in Mining Operations
Ken Darlington, Vice-President of Business Development for Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) will be conducting a virtual presentation on using micro nuclear reactors at mining operations. This presentation will be able to be watched in the Griffiths Room of The Counting House on Cornhill or online with GoToMeeting. A precis of this presentation will be available soon. If you can make it to the Counting House, it will be terrific to meet you there and chat after the presentation. Otherwise,…
Find out more »November 2022
Trends and Best Practices in ESG in Mining
Katie Fedosenko, Manager, Sustainability Innovation (Teck Resources Limited) will be presenting Trends & Best Practices in ESG in Mining on the 10th of November 2022. It will be presented in a hybrid format. The actual meeting will take place at The Counting House on Cornhill in London, England. The virtual meeting platform will be run by GoToMeeting. A means to register for this event will be available in the autumn.
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