Mineral Resources
The Department of Earth Science and Engineering has a strong industrial focus, solving the applied problems of practical engineering with fundamental science. Their energy, environment, modelling and minerals section is developing engineering solutions to problems that include the supply of renewable energy, the sustainable production of metals and earth resources, and mitigating environmental impacts and risks.
Strong industrial collaborations include the Rio Tinto Centre, a £6 million partnership between Imperial and Rio Tinto looking at advanced mining and mineral processing techniques. Other collaborations include Fullwave, a research project looking at using seismic data more effectively for identifying hydrocarbon areas. Fullwave consortium members include MaerskOil, Nexen, BP and ConocoPhillips.
Principal consultancy areas
- Foam & froth floatation models
- Image data mining
- Modelling of pollution records
- Environmental impact of mining
- Wellbore stability investigation and geo-engineering
- Regional land instability assessment
- Economics of mining
- Impact crater modelling
- Explosive and detonation modelling
The College is also a provider of professional development mining courses such as mining for bankers through its School of Professional Development. One-off bespoke courses can be arranged through Imperial Consultants.
If you’d like to learn more about the mining expertise available through Imperial Consultants, please contact us.
