Mining engineering is really the
science and technology of extracting the
raw materials that we all rely on in
everyday life from the ground and being
able to process them in a way that makes
them valuable. The Camborne School of
Mines is a is a world-class mining
school and we've been teaching mining
education for over a hundred and thirty
years we have mining history on
the doorstep which teaches us something
about the way mining used to be done but
it's the skillset of our staff which is
unique because we have an
interdisciplinary school so we have
geologists we have mining engineers we
have mineral processes we even have
social scientists working on the human
impact of mining. This is a really
exciting time to be thinking of doing
mining engineering. Mining has relied on
being able to extract things from the
ground using similar technology that
we've used for hundreds of years but now
there's an unprecedented period where we
are using new technology. We're using
virtual reality, augmented reality, we're using
drones, we're using a whole range of new
techniques in mineral processing that
allow us to recover those metals and raw
materials that we need. As a graduate
of the Camborne School of Mines you
will have learned the skills and
knowledge to work in an exciting and
dynamic industry and you can expect to
be in a career which gives you massive
opportunities to make a difference in
supplying the raw materials of the future.
 
