Case Studies
Carrak Consulting provides friendly, professional services to public, academic, corporate & industrial clients.
Find out more about some of the projects we have worked on across this diverse client base.
Review of Spanish Copper Mines
Carrak Consulting has carried out an environmental performance review for a cluster of Spanish copper mines. The company reviewed operational practices at the mines against national compliance requirements and industry best practice standards. Carrak Consulting is...
Research into a Remote Sensing Arsenic ‘Screening Tool’
Carrak Consulting is engaged in a new project using hyperspectral data to investigate how to identify areas of high arsenic pollution at abandoned and legacy mine sites. Arsenic minerals occur naturally in association with copper deposits and so soils in proximity to...
Using Satellites to Detect Pollution from Old Mines
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...
Can Abandoned Cornish Mines Provide Low-cost, Low-carbon Heating?
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...
Finding Abandoned Mine Workings using LiDAR
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...
Mineral & Waste Consultancy to the Marine Sector
During the last 18 months Carrak Consulting has worked with specialist marine contractor, Keynvor Morlift Ltd (KML), on a diverse range of projects. These have included marine licensing and waste management support, as well as mineral consultancy services in support...
Comparing the Value of UK Building Stones
Carrak Consulting Ltd was commissioned to deliver research that would demonstrate the comparative value of three UK building stones in support of an Expert Witness Opinion. A stone may be chosen as a building material because it has certain decorative characteristics,...
Wheal Jane Group – Technical Services Review
Carrak Consulting Ltd is delighted to have worked with Wheal Jane Group on an audit of their established and diverse mining and minerals related technical services. The Wheal Jane Group is based at a former mine site near Truro in Cornwall and comprises: Wheal Jane...
Detecting Lithium using Satellites
Carrak Consulting Ltd is pleased to have been part of an inter-disciplinary team, led by the Satellite Applications Catapult, looking at ways to use satellites to explore for subterranean lithium deposits in Cornwall. Renewable energy technologies and the boom in the...
Environmental Permitting – a step towards circular economy on the Isles of Scilly
As an island community in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the Isles of Scilly face key waste and sustainability challenges. Carrak Consulting worked with St Mary’s based Mulciber Ltd to secure a bespoke environmental permit, for the production of recycled...
Environmental & Social Review of an African Nickel Mine
Carrak Consulting has performed environmental due diligence on an African nickel mine for technical reporting to international mining code standards. Carrak Consulting is pleased to have completed an environmental and social due diligence exercise on a nickel mine in...
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