Smart Materials & Systems Group

Increasingly expensive to maintain, ageing dams pose a threat to life, a new report foresees a trend to decommissioning dams.

The second stage of building a scientific support facility in Antarctica began this month.

Lithium carbonate has been successfully produced from two UK sources – one from Cornish Lithium’s Trelavour project site in Cornwall and another from Scotland. High-purity lithium carbonate is a raw material for lithium-ion battery cells, such as those used in electric vehicles.