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BGS engineering geologist elected to CCOP
29/04/2026
Marcus Dobbs has been elected as vice-chair of the advisory group for the Coordinating Committee for Geoscience Programmes in East and Southeast Asia.
UK Minerals Yearbook 2025 now available
21/04/2026
The annual publication provides essential information about the production, consumption and trade of UK minerals up to 2025.
Strengthening capacity through partnership: a critical minerals perspective
28/04/2026
BGS has been working in partnership with the Geological Survey Department of Zambia (GSD) to build national capacity, improve data accessibility and support long-term, sustainable development.
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Cornwall’s granite could hold the key to UK geothermal potential
19/02/2019
Scientists from BGS will investigate the abundant geothermal energy stored in the granites beneath Cornwall.
Geochemistry and ‘sea elephants’
02/11/2018
'Sea elephants' are very tiny swimming snails that are called elephants because they have a type of trunk.