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Metals, Mines & Mobiles | British Science Festival | Monday 12th September 2011 | FREE event

BGS are hosting the free event 'Metals, mines and mobiles: The life cycle of metals in the natural and human environment' at the British Science Festival at the University of Bradford 1-4pm Monday 12th September 2011. This event will examine the life cycle of 'technology metals', such as neodymium and tantalum, that are used in high tech industries making smart phones, laptops and solar cells. Our experts will take you through their origins in the Earth, their extraction, use, re-use and substitution by man, to their ultimate fate in the natural environment.

The experts taking part in the event are: Andrew Bloodworth (Head of Minerals & Waste, British Geological Survey, BGS), Professor Frances Wall (Head of Camborne School of Mines, CSM), Dr Alan McLelland (Director, National Metals Technology Centre, NAMTEC) and Dr Paul Mitchell (Director, Green Horizons Environmental Consultants Ltd).

This event is free to ticket holders – BOOK HERE

For further information please contact: Clive Mitchell

Exploration drilling, Curraghinalt gold deposit, BGS©NERC

GEORES 2011 | Scottish Minerals Conference | 15 November 2011 | Edinburgh

This conference, organised by the Mining Institute of Scotland and the Central Scotland Regional Group of the Geological Society, considers the challenges facing the extractive industries in developing these resources within the regulatory and environmentally sustainable frameworks, and explores opportunities for the minerals sector through new technologies , demands and commodities. 13 years on from the last MIS conference on Scottish Minerals, this conference will also provide an opportunity to reflect on developments in Scottish Minerals since the turn of the century.

The one-day conference will be held at the British Geological Survey, Murchison House, Edinburgh. Speakers from the BGS include: Dr Jonathan Busby (Team Leader for Renewables & Energy Security), Dr Richard Shaw (Team Leader for Radioactive Waste), Gus Gunn (Team Leader for Sustainable Minerals), Dr Kathryn Goodenough (Geologist) and Abigail Walters (Minerals Resources Geologist).

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