La Palma Research Centre

LPRC, the La Palma Research Centre for Future Studies SL is an independent, internationally active geoscience think-tank headquartered on Isla la Palma, Spain.

Latest LPRC news

PRO-ACT - Preliminary Design Review, Bremen

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INTERMIN meeting, Ecuador

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Closing of the UNEXMIN Project

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ROBOMINERS/UNEXMIN Joint Workshop, Amsterdam

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UNEXMIN Final Project Meeting, Brussels

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LPRC Projects

  • AGEO

    Platform for Atlantic Risk Management

  • ROBOMINERS

    Resilient Bio-inspired Modular Robotic Miners

  • PRO-ACT
    Planetary RObots Deployed for Assembly and Construction Tasks
  • MacaroNight

    MSCA for the Macaronesian public to develop careers in sciences.

  • INTERMIN

    International Network of Raw Materials Training Centres

  • UNEXMIN

    An autonomous underwater explorer for flooded mines.

  • CHPM2030

    Combined Heat Power and Metal extraction from ultra-deep ore bodies.

  • VAMOS

    Viable Alternative Mine Operating System.

  • FORAM

    Towards a World Forum on Raw Materials.

  • MICA

    The Mineral Intelligence Capacity Analysis.

  • KINDRA

    Groundwater research inventory and classification to make groundwater visible.

  • INTRAW

    Fostering international cooperation on raw materials with non-EU countries.

  • Minatura2020

    Concept and methodology for “Mineral deposits of public importance”.

Where to meet us?

  • EU RAW MATERIALS WEEK 2019

    18-20 November, Brussels

    The 4th edition of the EU “Raw Materials Week” will be a unique opportunity for the raw materials community to discuss and exchange on all relevant issues: policy, technology, international cooperation, framework conditions, knowledge base etc.

  • MIREU Workshop

    5th December, Krakow

    The results of the INTERMIN project will be presented by LPRC in the “MIREU Workshop on Skills Requirements in Mining and Metallurgy Industry”. INTERMIN focus on identifying skills gaps for the mining industry in the future.