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Karen A. Hudson-Edwards is a Canadian mineralogist and geochemist. She is Professor for Sustainable Mining jointly between the Camborne School of Mines and Environment & Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter. [1]
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Karen A. Hudson-Edwards is a Canadian mineralogist and geochemist. She is Professor for Sustainable Mining jointly between the Camborne School of Mines and Environment & Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter. [1]
Hudson-Edwards was born in Canada and studied geology at Queen's University and the Memorial University of Newfoundland. In 1996 she received her PhD from the University of Manchester. [1]
Subsequently, she worked in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Birkbeck, University of London, for almost 20 years, [1] before joining the Environment & Sustainability Institute and Camborne School of Mines in October 2017. [1] Her research focuses on the environmental impact of mine wastes, including understanding their character, stability, impact, remediation, and reuse. [2] [3]
In 2019 she was invited to be the European Association of Geochemistry (EAG) Distinguished Lecturer for 2019. [4] Hudson-Edwards has authored more than 120 scientific articles [5] and has an h-index of 41. [6]
In addition to her research, she advises the Eden Project with their Living Worlds Exhibit which is on display until 2023. [7] Furthermore, Hudson-Edwards is advising the law commission on their consultation on Regulating Coal Tip Safety in Wales. [8] She is an editor for the peer-reviewed journal GeoHealth, [9] and associate editor for Frontiers in Earth Sciences, and Geoscience and Society. [10]
Mining is the extraction of valuable geological materials and minerals from the Earth and other astronomical objects. Mining is required to obtain most materials that cannot be grown through agricultural processes, or feasibly created artificially in a laboratory or factory. Ores recovered by mining include metals, coal, oil shale, gemstones, limestone, chalk, dimension stone, rock salt, potash, gravel, and clay. The ore must be a rock or mineral that contains valuable constituent, can be extracted or mined and sold for profit. Mining in a wider sense includes extraction of any non-renewable resource such as petroleum, natural gas, or even water.
Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground or from a mine. Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from iron ore and for cement production. In the United Kingdom and South Africa, a coal mine and its structures are a colliery, a coal mine is called a "pit", and above-ground mining structures referred to as a "pit head". In Australia, "colliery" generally refers to an underground coal mine.
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Camborne School of Mines, commonly abbreviated to CSM, was founded in 1888. Its research and teaching is related to the understanding and management of the Earth's natural processes, resources and the environment. It has undergraduate, postgraduate and research degree programmes within the Earth resources, civil engineering and environmental sectors. CSM is located at the Penryn Campus, near Falmouth, Cornwall, UK. The school merged with the University of Exeter in 1993.
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The Cornish Institute of Engineers (CIE) was founded in 1913 by the then Principal of the Camborne School of Mines, J.J. Beringer. Its first President, Josiah Paul, was appointed on 1 March 1913. It is the only institute in Cornwall and maintains a continuous programme of lectures. The origins of the Institute go back to the Camborne Association of Engineers, a small but prestigious body existing in the early years of the 20th century and composed mainly of mechanical engineers. Since 2011, the CIE has been affiliated with the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.
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