Local Knowledge – Global Expertise

The next Games will be held on 19th June 2025. We will welcome our normal volunteers to help with this popular event, but of you would like to help, please get in tough through the volunteering page. In June 2024, King Edward Mine Museum hosted the 5th Cornwall School Mining Games for Year 8 students from schools across Cornwall. Over 160 year 8 students took part in a unique competition that aims to inspire and encourage students to engage with engineering and earth sciences.

Everyone in the region has good intentions for responsible and sustainable extraction of resources – but what does this really mean and how do we provide the assurance of the standards attained? At Camborne School of Mines, and the Critical Minerals Challenge Centre we are using the UN Resource Management System to guide what we can do collaboratively in the region. Outcomes have included the strategic environmental assessment and tin smelter study. Companies are using or propose to use various codes and standards ranging from reporting codes like JORC to IRMA certification. The Critical Minerals Association has just produced a report on ESG in the UK Lithium Sector. How do we put all this together? Join this presentation and ‘roundtable’ discussion led by Frances Wall and Eva Marquis.

We are excited to formally launch the Critical Minerals Challenge Centre (Accelerating the Green Economy). The Centre is a pioneering initiative, funded by UKRI, dedicated to advancing research into technical innovations, sustainable resource management, green investment and industry collaboration in the critical minerals sector in the South West and wider UK. At this event we’ll introduce our new Challenge Centre Innovation Fellow team and their research. We will bring together academic researchers and business leaders to explore the future of funding for aligned projects and partnerships in the evolving green economy. Through interactive discussions and networking opportunities, attendees will gain insights into potential future funding, our research activities and the critical role of our industry partners in shaping a sustainable future. In the afternoon you’ll have the opportunity to discuss potential collaboration ideas with our researchers in breakout sessions. If you are interested in how the critical minerals sector can positively affect your business, community or research, then join us as we celebrate this exciting new hub for research and collaboration in critical minerals.