...conducting innovative research for the Mining Industry!

The Centre for Environmental Research in Minerals, Metals, and Materials
The University of British Columbia
Department of Mining Engineering
6350 Stores Road, Vancouver,
V6T 1Z4, BC, Canada
Tel: (604) 822-6217 Fax: (604) 822-5599
Email: cerm3@mining.ubc.ca

Soil Science and Water Resources Research for Mining:
The Dirt and Water need Analysis 

Home

The Millennium

Plug

Bacteriophage for

ARD

Magnetic Levitation

Hoisting

Codisposal of

Tailings and Waste

Rock

Mercury

Detoxification

Growing Metals

Energy Efficiency

Bioindicators of

Pollution

Keeping the Roof

from Falling

Geothermal Energy

in Canada

Industrial Growth

from Pollution

Robotics

Island Copper's

Pit Lake

Sulfate Reducing

Bacteria for

Mitigating ARD

Sustainable

Communities

Soils Research

PCIGR

Education of the

Sustainable

Engineer

Human Resources -

Training the Miner

of the 21st Century

Sustainable

Mining?

Integration of

Engineering and

Health Care

ISM - a new

NCE Program

in Canada

CERM3

Collaborations

L. M. (Les) Lavkulich,

Professor and Director

Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability

Background

CERM3 has opened a laboratory in collaboration with the IRES group lead by Les Lavkulich to provide environmental analytical services. Situated in the Soil Sciences laboratories in the MacMillan Building, a new low-resolution ISP has been installed to support soil, rock and water assays. Additional equipment in CERM3's Environmental Quality Laboratory includes a Leco sulfur analyser, a mercury hydride generator and a selenium analyser. Together with the Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research lead by Jim Mortensen and Domique Weis of Earth and Ocean Sciences, CERM3 has helped to establish one of the finest analytical facilities in western Canada to support environmental research.  

To see a presentation on soil and water research of interest in mine reclamation, click here.