Research project

COG3: The geology, geometallurgy and geomicrobiology of cobalt resourses leading to new product streams

Lead researcher:

Professor Stephen Roberts
Status:

Not active

Project overview

This project aimed to better understand how cobalt behaves in the Earth's crust and how cobalt minerals and ores are formed. In addition, to promote a greater understanding of the distribution and behaviour of cobalt in natural systems

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Stephen Roberts

Professor of Geology

Connect with Stephen

Email: sr2@soton.ac.uk

Research outputs

Linkages between the genesis and resource potential of ferromanganese deposits in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic Oceans

Amaya Menendez,

Rachael James,

Natalia Shulga,

Doug Connelly,

& Steve Roberts

, 2018 , Clay Minerals , 8 (5) , 1--31

DOI: 10.3390/min8050197

Type: article

Extraction and separation of rare earth elements from hydrothermal metalliferous sediments

Pierre Josso,

Steve Roberts,

Damon A.H. Teagle,

Olivier Pourret,

Richard Herrington,

& Carlos Ponce de Leon Albarran

, 2018 , Minerals Engineering , 118 , 106--121

DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2017.12.014

Type: article

Controls on the distribution of rare earth elements in deep-sea sediments in the North Atlantic Ocean

Amaya Menendez,

Rachael James,

Stephen Roberts,

Kate Peel,

& Douglas Connelly

, 2017 , Ore Geology Reviews , 87 , 100–113

DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2016.09.036

Type: article