When work began at the South Crofty tin mine in Cornwall, Queen Elizabeth I was on the throne, the first English settlement in America had only just been established, and the world’s trade with the ...

The rare mineral lithium, first discovered in the Union Mine in 1868, is now very much part of the resurgence of Cornwall’s mining economy.

Jamie Hinch receives funding from the Economic and Social Research Council's Grand Union Doctoral Training Partnership. The woman’s eyes blazed as I scanned the feedback form she was showing me.

A major Cornwall mining project has received backing from the government's new investment vehicle, the National Wealth Fund. Cornish Metals, the mineral exploration company working to revive tin ...