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Tolkien and landscapes: a geological journey through Middle-earth

When we think about J.R.R. Tolkien, we imagine epic battles and heroic quests – but also incredibly detailed descriptions of landscapes, like those in New Zealand depicted by Peter Jackson, when he b…

11 September 2024

Subsurface knowledge: imaging the geology of the Massif Central

10 September 2024

BRGM Infos newsletter for July-August 2024

Groundwater and drought: the challenges ahead for local and regional communities

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Events

TInnov Bordeaux 2024

Dijon (Palais des Congrès et Expositions)

Congress of the French Mineral Industries Society (SIM) 2024

Orléans (CO'Met)

Cycl'Eau Centre-Val de Loire 2024

Orléans (BRGM)

Technical seminar

Management of excavated earth

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Solutions

Bioleaching: a key technology to recover metals from low-grade ore and waste

Do you want to recover certain low-grade metals from mining or electronic waste? BRGM offers you its innovative bioleaching solutions, based on 30 years of experience.

Assess the regional or national potential of industrial mineral and construction material sectors

Are you seeking to carry out large-scale (regional or national) prospecting in industrial minerals and construction materials for a sector or group of sectors? BRGM can deploy its experts for a recon…

Assessing a deposit of industrial minerals and construction materials

If you wish to assess the quality and quantity of industrial materials or minerals on a site or a quarry extension, BRGM can deploy its experts in a geological reconnaissance campaign including drill…

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References and projects

Reference, completed project

PRELEV'EAU: managing and furthering knowledge of groundwater abstraction in the Pays de la Loire region

Reference, completed project

Review of knowledge on water resources in the area covered by the Aube departmental water authority

Reference, completed project

Adapting to climate change: geological mapping of the coastal areas of the commune of Pénestin in Brittany

Reference, completed project

ISABEL: for a safe water resource for livestock watering in Haute-Vienne

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