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  • Cornwall United Kingdom lithium 2021 G7 summit geothermal Cornish Lithium

    Lithium revives Cornwall mining region

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 10, 2022

    Focused on environmentally sound production of lithium, Cornish Lithium Ltd. is testing new technologies to extract the battery metal from geothermal waters at its United Downs facility in Cornwall, a region emblematic of the storied mining history and promising future in the United Kingdom. Cornwall traces its mining roots back more than 4,000 years to mines that churned out Bronze Age tin and copper. Beginning late in the 19th century, however, the enduring and proud traditi...

  • England geologist makes case for localized mines for environment green energy

    Lithium geologist makes case for mining

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 2, 2022

    "I care deeply about the environment, which is why I work in the mining industry," is how Lucy Crane, opened a TEDx talk on mining's role in battling climate change. A geologist who completed her undergraduate in earth sciences at Oxford and earned her Master's in Mining Geology at the Camborne School of Mines, Crane is all too familiar with the stigma mining has and the disconnect between clean energy and the mined materials that make that energy possible. And she is tired of...