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The Water and Abandoned Metal Mines programme aims to tackle the water pollution caused by historical metal mining.
Development of a standard approach for AI and autonomy in networked multi-sensor systems in security and defence.
Dstl ensures the UK can develop and exploit new sensor technologies for our defence and security, to find and assess potential threats and give information to decision-makers.
Approved systems for screening people’s shoes for explosive threats and concealed metal at airports.
Get help to classify various items of iron and steel, primarily those classified under chapter 72.
Approved cargo and mail metal detection (CMMD) systems for use in aviation security.
Work to limit heavy metals polluting rivers in Upper Teesdale is due to start next week
How to comply with hallmarking law if your business supplies items described as precious metal (gold, silver, platinum or palladium).
Today’s action brings the world’s two largest metal exchanges into the scope of existing bans.
A community event will take place next week to explain proposals for a mine water treatment scheme at Threlkeld, near Keswick.
From 1 October 2024, more materials facilities will need to sample and report their waste. Sampling and reporting will be more detailed and more frequent under the amended regulations.
Information about mine water investigation works in the River Wear catchment, England.
The T9 exemption allows you to treat scrap metal for handling or recovery by sorting, grading, shearing by manual feed, baling, crushing or cutting with handheld equipment.
Product Safety Report for Metal Earrings and Necklaces presenting a serious chemical risk.
Analyses which aimed to test whether the decline from 2012 was caused by interventions to address metal theft, or was due to metal prices falling.
An independent research report.
New technology with capability to detect, identify and monitor the presence of toxic industrial chemicals and chemical warfare agents to be operational by 2028.
Environment Agency regulatory position on cleaning and sterilising waste medical instruments containing metal to allow the waste metal to be recovered elsewhere.
The first phase of 2 innovative projects to reduce metal pollution from abandoned lead and zinc mines near Middleton-in-Teesdale has recently been completed.
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