by Kathy Hicks | Dec 2, 2020 | Case Studies
An exciting project involving a collaboration of Cornwall Mining Alliance members is looking at ways to track the pollution of rivers by mines using remote sensing. The team is testing the technique on abandoned mine sites in Cornwall. Most environmental monitoring...
by Kathy Hicks | Oct 8, 2019 | Carrak Consulting News
We joined Cornwall Mining Alliance colleagues today for a bespoke GIS training workshop by Clear Mapping Company, kindly hosted by Wardell Armstrong International Ltd. The course was relevant to mineral exploration and environmental monitoring workflows and provided...
by Kathy Hicks | Feb 4, 2019 | Case Studies
Carrak Consulting Ltd has co-developed a screening tool to identify flooded mines in Cornwall that are potential geothermal reservoirs and could be used to heat buildings. Heat comprises almost half of the UK’s energy demand, producing about one third of our...
by Kathy Hicks | Jan 18, 2019 | Carrak Consulting News
Carrak Consulting Ltd is pleased to have contributed to the new CIRIA manual on abandoned mine workings and to have coordinated input by other experts in metalliferous mining, based in the South West. This new manual ‘Abandoned Mine Workings’ (C758D) replaces the...
by Kathy Hicks | Jan 11, 2019 | Case Studies
Carrak Consulting has worked with Cornwall Consultants Ltd and Camborne School of Mines (University of Exeter) to secure and develop a collaborative research project, funded by Aerospace Cornwall. The project has investigated ways to use airborne LiDAR with Earth...
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