About

The University of Queensland’s Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) is a world-leading research institute committed to developing knowledge-based solutions to meet global sustainability challenges.

The work of SMI is multidisciplinary. It integrates expertise in exploration, mining, mineral processing, workplace health and safety, mine rehabilitation, water and energy, social science, and governance to reduce the minerals industry’s impact on communities and the environment and reshape its role in sustainable development. The Institute works collaboratively with industry, governments, civil society and a wide range of other stakeholders and translates research into impact through commercialisation, contract research and consulting.

We deliver professional development, higher degrees by research and formal teaching programs to train the next generation of industry and community leaders.