Nitrate residues from explosives present in waste rock from LKAB’s underground iron mining operations at Kiruna in north Sweden’s Arctic wilderness are an environmental problem. The multi-partner NITREM project began in 2017 to install and test a novel...
Assembling Alternative Futures for Heritage (or, more simply, Heritage Futures) is a £2.4 million, four-year, inter-disciplinary research programme which aims to develop a broad, international and cross-sectoral comparative framework for understanding ‘heritage’. It...
Pete Whitbread-Abrutat was a key member of the original team that created the (then £86 million) Eden Project in Cornwall, UK – the renowned world class visitor destination, educational charity, and vehicle for regional socio-economic regeneration. Eden was...
The controversial global issue of mining legacy sites affects the reputation of the international mining industry. While at the Eden Project, Pete Whitbread-Abrutat was part of the organising committee for ICMM-IUCN International Roundtable on the Restoration...
While working at Wardell Armstrong International, Pete Whitbread-Abrutat reviewed and prepared mine closure and rehabilitation plans for many mines in many different contexts. Some examples include: Detailed mine closure and rehabilitation plan preparation for a new...