Bio Oliver Richards is Head of Critical Minerals and Mining (International) at the UK Department for Business and Trade (DBT). His team is responsible for...
Tag: Europe
Eoin McGrath – 2025 – Aggregates: Risk, Research and Regulation
Bio Eoin McGrath is a Principal Geologist at Geological Survey Ireland. An exploration geologist with a structural background, he did his undergraduate degree at University...
Maeve Boland – 2025 – Facilitating Collaboration between Geoscience Societies
Bio: Maeve Boland has extensive experience in the private, public, academic, and non-profit sectors in Ireland and the United States, mainly focusing on Earth resources...
Harikrishnan Tulsidas – 2025 – Waste into resources: North–South alliances for the closed-loop mining revolution
Abstract:Mountains of tailings, slags, and spent batteries already dwarf the metal content of many untapped ore bodies—yet most mining strategies still treat them as liabilities....
Julie Hollis – 2025 – People, partnerships, and a permanent collaborative Geological Service for Europe
Julie Hollis, Secretary General, EuroGeoSurveys Bio: Julie Hollis is Secretary General of EuroGeoSurveys, a not-for-profit association representing 37 European geological survey organisations with the common vision...
Emily Iona Stewart – 2024 – Becoming first choice; How the EU will need to offer true value addition to partners to meet aims on diversifying mineral streams
Abstract Becoming first choice; How the EU will need to offer true value addition to partners to meet aims on diversifying mineral streams. The CRMA...
Diego Francesco Marin – 2024 – Tackling the problem at the source: Towards an EU Sustainable Resource Management Law
Abstract There is an urgent need for sustainable resource management to address the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution – including...
Guillaume de Brier – 2024 – Securing EU cobalt supply chain AND having a positive impact on mining-affected communities? Considering the potential of artisanal mining.
Abstract In the last decade, the EU adopted several regulations to secure its supply of critical raw materials and to ensure that human rights are...
Chris Stockey and Emily Lewis – VECTOR: transparency in ethical governance of a European research project
ABSTRACT Europe set out its goals for decarbonization in the EU Green Deal. Achieving these targets will require more responsible use of, and a sharp...