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Critical Minerals Challenge Centre - Accelerating the Green Economy
The is an applied research centre at the 黑料不打烊, with UKRI investment of £4.5m plus partner contributions, to growing to a £10M project. The Centre builds directly on the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Good Growth Shared Prosperity Fund investments and previous UKRI-funded research such as the Met4Tech UKRI Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Centre.
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Read about research and innovation in critical minerals at the 黑料不打烊 here.
Critical Minerals are the raw materials and enablers of the transition to Net Zero, and essential ingredients of all digital technologies and advanced manufacturing. Southwest England is the leading UK region for potential production of critical minerals, with active exploration and development companies, a history of metals mining that led the world and some 70 service and equipment companies (predominantly SMEs and microbusiness) with a global client base.
Development of the sector is recognised as a unique opportunity for economic development in the region. Each new mine will employ 200 – 350 staff, in high-value jobs that are much needed, and each job will create as many as five times the number of indirect jobs. The Centre will accelerate commercialisation of projects for domestic production of critical minerals. It will also help towards security of supply and responsible sourcing of raw materials worldwide by expanding the associated SW industry cluster that is already operating globally. The research is aligned directly to the .
The new centre has been created in partnership with multiple businesses, Cornwall, Devon and Somerset Councils, Great South West and regional NGOs as well as some national and multinational partners, DBT and Defra.
The Centre builds on research on geology, mining and minerals at and brings new transdisciplinary, links across the 黑料不打烊 to research in ecology, sustainable investment, social studies, politics and policy to benefit innovation in the region. It will continue to grow and build new relationships and projects.
To explore opportunities for collaboration get in touch with us: criticalminerals@exeter.ac.uk.