by Chris Watson | Jun 13, 2024 | News
Met4Tech was one of the highlights at the annual UK Mining Conference in Cornwall on June 12-13, with a key presentation, panel session and exhibition stand. Professor Karen-Hudson Edwards, Theme Area 2 co-lead, presented on the project, focusing on the potential for...
by Chris Watson | May 1, 2024 | News
Met4Tech researchers were among those presenting to over 300 leaders and experts from around the world at the UNECE Resource Management Week 2024, and the Expert Group on Resource Management (EGRM-15) meeting, in Geneva from 22-26 April 2024. Prof Frances Wall, Dr Eva...
by Vicky Smyth | Apr 17, 2024 | News
PRESS RELEASE Brand new Interactive exhibition installation at Xplore! encourages visitors to learn more about critical minerals. The public and local school children were given a fascinating new insight into how metals crucial for everyday technologies can be...
by Vicky Smyth | Apr 3, 2024 | Outreach
‘Extractors AND Circulators’ The Critical Balance for Critical Metals…. Intended to increase the general public’s understanding of the importance of a circular economy – alongside more responsible mining of technology metals – the...
by Vicky Smyth | Mar 1, 2024 | News
PRESS RELEASE The University of Exeter (home of Met4Tech and the NICER CE-Hub) is a partner in a new United Nations-backed centre that will propel the transition to a future circular economy. The International Centre of Excellence on Sustainable Resource Management in...
by Vicky Smyth | Sep 15, 2023 | Outreach
Met4Tech were showing off our wares on both Friday and Sunday for the British Science Festival – right on our doorstep in Exeter, for 2023! Up on the University of Exeter’s Streatham Campus for the first day, we were approach by a myriad of schools groups, public...
by Vicky Smyth | May 5, 2023 | Outreach
Community Engagement event held at Truro County Council Hall for A-level and college students. 60 young citizens spent the day in discussions on how Cornwall could make best use of its endowment of minerals and geothermal energy. The ‘Citizen Researchers’ interviewed...
by Vicky Smyth | Apr 26, 2023 | News
PRESS RELEASE From Camborne School of Mines at University of Exeter Cornwall at the United Nations Cornwall was in the limelight at the United Nations yesterday. Researchers at the Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter were delighted that two short films...
by Vicky Smyth | Dec 15, 2022 | News
At this mid-way point for Met4Tech, we held our Annual Meeting (29-30 November 2022) at the British Geological Survey (BGS) headquarters in Keyworth, Nottingham. Informative discussions and presentations across the two days of meetings helped inform our next steps for...
by Carol | Nov 28, 2022 | News
Frances Wall and Carol Pettit from Met4Tech were in Brussels for the first part of the annual EIT Raw Materials Week (14 to 18 November 2022). After a gap of a few years (for Brexit and Covid-19) it was good to be able reconnect with our European associates working in...