Metals and minerals

Metals and minerals

We explore all things metals, minerals and mining, with a focus on sustainability

We investigate how best to source, produce, extract and use the Earth's resources to support our growing global population, and seek new and improved routes towards sustainable, renewable forms of energy production and storage.

We focus on how best to extract Earth's resources with minimal environmental impact and, among other topics:

  • study how fluid flows and moves through the subsurface;
  • characterise reservoirs and industrial-scale energy and environmental systems;
  • explore renewable and nuclear energy systems in collaboration with the Department's Energy research;
  • and are assessing how the field of petroleum geoscience and engineering will evolve in coming years as we target sustainable technologies to support the energy transition.

Associated Research Groups

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Applied Modelling & Computation Group (AMCG)

Developing and applying innovative modelling techniques in Earth, nuclear, engineering and biomedical sciences
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Centre for Reservoir Geophysics (CRG)

Exploring integrated reservoir management, characterisation and simulation, enhanced oil recovery, and more
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Engineering Scale Geology Research Group (ESGRG)

Applying cutting-edge advancements in geoscience to contemporary engineering applications

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Impacts and Astromaterials Research Centre (IARC)

Characterising the processes and materials that dictate the nature of planetary bodies and systems
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Imperial College Organic Geochemistry (ICOG)

Exploring astrobiology, extra-terrestrial life detection, mass extinctions, environmental and atmospheric change, and more
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London Centre for Ore Deposits and Exploration (LODE)

Probing the mineralogy and geochemistry of ore deposits to optimise discovery, and reducing the environmental impact of resource extraction
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MAss Spectrometry and Isotope Geochemistry at IC (MAGIC)

Using isotope geochemistry to tackle a broad variety of questions in Earth, environmental, and engineering sciences
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Novel Reservoir Modelling and Simulation (NORMS)

Developing and applying new methods to monitor and model fluid flow in subsurface reservoirs (from groundwater to magma to hydrocarbons)

Associated events and seminars

You can see all previous and forthcoming seminars via the ESE Events and Seminars pages.

Associated members of staff

Dr Pablo Brito Parada

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Dr Pablo Brito Parada
Senior Lecturer

Professor Jan Cilliers

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Professor Jan Cilliers
Chair in Mineral Processing

Professor Sevket Durucan

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Professor Sevket Durucan
Professor of Mining and Environmental Engineering

Dr Kathryn Hadler

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Dr Kathryn Hadler
Lectureship in Mineral Processing

Professor Matthew D Jackson

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Professor Matthew D Jackson
Chair in Geological Fluid Dynamics

Professor Anna Korre

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Professor Anna Korre
Professor of Environmental Engineering

Dr John-Paul Latham

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Dr John-Paul Latham
Reader in Geomechanics

Dr Philippa J Mason

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Dr Philippa J Mason
Senior Teaching Fellow

Professor Stephen Neethling

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Professor Stephen Neethling
Professor of Minerals Processing

Dr Adriana Paluszny Rodriguez

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Dr Adriana Paluszny Rodriguez
Senior Lecturer

Professor Velisa Vesovic

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Professor Velisa Vesovic
Professor of Transport Phenomena

Professor Dominik J Weiss

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Professor Dominik J Weiss
Professor of Environmental Geochemistry

Professor Jamie J Wilkinson

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Professor Jamie J Wilkinson
Professor of Geology

Professor Robert W Zimmerman

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Professor Robert W Zimmerman
Chair in Rock Mechanics

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